BBM Magazine Issue-Sayı: 57 October - Ekim 2022

48 INTERVIEW • RÖPORTAJ BBM / EKİM 2022 • OCTOBER 2022 zations I have worked with in the sector. I have been working in the sector for 32 years. Although I am this experienced in the industry, the establish- ment of Doruk Un took place in 2015. Since 2015, together with our teammates, we proceed on our way collecting our experi- ences in the company. As Doruk Un, we rank among the top three brands in Turkey in the field of wheat and wheat-based products. We have an an- nual wheat crushing capacity of 438 thousand tons and a flour production of 350 thousand tons. Moreover, we have a wheat storage capacity of 60 thousand tons and a 20 thousand m2 hi-tech facility. In 2021, we achieved a turnover of 1.8 billion TRY. We aim to increase our turnover to 7.25 billion TRY in 5 years through new investments. Due to the rapid increase in exchange rates and the shrinking trade network due to the pandemic, the flour industry, which is one of the main staple food, has gone through the hoop. De- spite this, we have left behind a successful period and a fruitful harvest. The flour sector, which has a strategic importance in the whole world economy, had a challenging time due to exchange rate increases, climatic effects, pandemic and economic uncer- tainties brought by the pandemic. Serious global price imbal- ances have occurred and continue to occur. In 2021, we, as Doruk Un, achieved our goals despite all these poor conditions. Our short-term goal is to deepen our strength in the sector by making production and logistics investments that will support our supply chain. Besides, we are implementing our plans to manage flour requirements in different categories in line with the correct market, product and demand. You have a rapidly growing success. Although it does not have a very long history, you have made the lists of ISO 500 and TİM’s (Turkish Exporters Assembly) Top 1000 Exporters. What is the secret lying behind this success? Although we are a company established in 2015, all of us, including the employees and the team, have worked with the know-how, customer portfolio and potential of the companies we have worked with in the past. So it’s not like starting over a new company from scratch. As I said, we have come to this point with our 30 years of history, business, know-how and customer experience in the places we had worked. WHEAT HARVEST EXCEEDED 19 M TONS Last year, we had a subpar harvest season due to the drought. We have come to the end of this year’s harvest. Can you share with us your harvest estimates and the latest infor- mation you have received from the field? Last year was a bad season, as you expressed. There are different figures. But according to TurkSTAT’s figures, there is an increase of 10-15 percent across Turkey between last year and this year. This means that we have a wheat yield of around 19 leri Federasyonu (TUSAF), Toprak Mahsulleri Ofisi, Marmara Bölgesi Un Sanayicileri Derneği, Türkiye İhracatçılar Meclisi ve çeşitli ihracatçı birlikleri yer alıyor. 32 yıldır da sektörde çalışmaya devam ediyorum. Sektörde bu kadar eski olmama rağmen Doruk Un’un ku- ruluşu 2015 yılında gerçekleşti. 2015 yılından beri de ekipte- ki arkadaşlarla birlikte geçmiş tecrübelerimizi şirkette topla- yarak devam ediyoruz. Doruk Un olarak Türkiye’nin buğday ve buğday bazlı ürün- ler alanında en büyük üç markasından biriyiz. Yıllık 438 bin ton buğday kırma kapasitesi ve 350 bin ton un üretimimiz var. Ayrıca 60 bin ton buğday depolama kapasitesi ve 20 bin m2 ileri teknoloji tesise sahibiz. 2021 yılında 1,8 milyar TL ciroya ulaştık. Yeni yatırımlarla ciromuzu 5 yılda 7.25 milyar TL’ye çıkarmayı hedefliyoruz. Kurlarda yaşanan hızlı artış ve pandemi nedeniyle daralan ticaret ağı sebebiyle temel gıda maddelerinin başında gelen un sektörü ciddi bir sınavdan geçti. Buna rağmen başarılar- la dolu bir dönemi ve bereketli bir hasadı geride bıraktık. Tüm dünya ekonomisinde stratejik öneme sahip un sektörü, kur artışları, iklimsel etkiler, pandemi ve pandeminin getirmiş