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1986_July-Sept_86HH -    Note: 925

Page: 164-165
Date: 18. 8. 86.
Location: Talas
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i(0153 Ismet Isik.)

1. i(Damat (Hacilork)) kaportaci{?} who is working in Saudi Arabia with an Arab partner. Very successful. i(0153 Ismet) wants him home to help run his own
business.
2. i(0153 Ismet) referred to himself as "zengin" {gl : wealthy} in spite of describing a number of mistakes and failures.
3. He claimed he is only person in Kayseri with machine made silver pipes and only his therefore are accurate and fit. Others are hand made and more
expensive.

4. Remarked that i(Fait) is poorer because he has no business sense. He does not value his time; he set him up with Biraki plant, but he could not make it
profitable - always going to the vlg. So he remains poor. Not everyone can do "esnaf". A lot of talk about his work. You have to see people, encourage
clients, be ingenious.

He is experimenting with machinery. No one to teach him - learns by experience. Cannot read technical books.
He is building a lifting system for loading and unloading lorries - runs on rails. He has a machine for pouring, and moulding pipes.
20 m. TL investment - no debt. A very impressive man - worth going back to.

k<occupation> k<mechanisation>
NA

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