Sadettin SAMRIOĞLU
Hazelnuts Grower  - Manufacturer  -  Trader
1913- 1995
He was one of first Hazelnut manufacturer in Turkey. He started his first business as associated dealer of TEKEL (Tobacco ) in a small retail shop in the beginning of 1930’s. He developed his business and become wholesaler  in the following years.  In the late 1930’s he also started to trade of hazelnuts and found his Hazelnut company. He built his Hazelnut factory in 1949.He had always encouraged villagers to plant and grow Hazelnuts.

Sadettin SAMRIOGLU  sucessfully run his company in the very hard and weak periods of Turkish economy. He also succeed to be leader manufacturer and  trader during his active business life. He was supplier some of big hazelnut exporters in İstanbul. He ended  his business  activities  in 1976 when he faced health problems. But he had always kept his eye on the family businesses afterwards

Now, Sadettin SAMRIOGLU name  is very well known in Sakarya province as well as in hazelnut sector.  He was  %100   tradesman. His name is still being recalled with his HONESTY,  POLITENESS,  GENTLEMANSHIP and ESTEEMED PERSONALITY

Sezai  SAMRIOĞLU
Hazelnuts Manufacturer  -  Trader - Exporter
( SUCCESS STORY  of  SAMRIOĞLU FAMILY )   
1938 -                        

After finish primary education, he started to work as assistant mechanicer in the factory. After several years,  his Father, Mr. Sadettin Samrıoğlu has bought him a minibus and he started to transportation. Soon after he comleteted his military duty, he started to assist his father in the shop and started his trade activities.  In following years, he become very successfull business manager and took whole responsibilities of operation both in supermarket and factory.

He has succeed to increase the  businesses and  had a lots of  acquisitions, built  a new factory as well as  new large stores. He become first associated dealer of MASSEY FERGUSON, ARCELIK and other well-known trade marked products in SAKARYA PROVINCE. He continued his business activities in trasportation sector, owned Trucks and Busses and had a joint venture transportation companies operate nationally and internationally.

He  managed to start to export in 1984 (first time in SAMRIOĞLU family) and  rebuilt  Hazelnut factory in 1988 and enlarged production capacity three times more than previous factory. Between 1970 and 1990,   Mr. Sezai SAMRIOGLU was uniqe MAJOR HAZELNUT MANUFACTURER and TRADER among  20 middle and small size hazelnut manufacturers in the western Black sea  area. Mr. Sezai SAMRIOĞLU  stayed as BIG BOSS and MARKET LEADER without rival for ages.

Mr. Sezai SAMRIOĞLU  also managed to receive awards of   BIGGEST (or second biggest) TAX PAYER 17 times  and  BIGGEST EXPORTER (5 times) in SAKARYA in most active time of his business life.

Hazelnut factory burned down in 1997 and restored and donated by Mr. Sezai SAMRIOGLU with the high tech. Machinery and equipment. This accident was followed another territorial and  national disasters;  devastating  big earth earthquake in 1999 and Economical crisis in 2001. Not only himself, whole industries were affected badly in area. After that he stopped his business operations

Aytaç SAMRIOĞLU

Hazelnuts and Dried  Fruits Exporter  -  Int’l  Trader

1964 -
Third generation in hazelnut business. After he completed his graduation from  Public Administration - Marmara univercity, he joined to the Army. After army, he found his Hazelnut sales and marketing company in munchen in 1991. After 1,5 years he returned back to Turkey and found SAMEKS, hazelnuts exporter company.

He also worked on Dried Apricots and Dried Figs and Chestnuts, and has been selling them  for ages

Between 1991 and 2001 he managed to export  Hazelnuts with 1 million Usd per year on the avarege(while total SAMRIOGLU group was 3,5 million Usd). Beside the hazelnuts from his family factory, he also bought and exported Hazelnuts from other origins; in ordu and Giresun. He was successfull exporter and succeed to sell hazelnuts directly to chocolate industries like Nestle and Jacobs Suchard for the first time in family. He worked actively in SAMRIOĞLU Group of Companies untill they’re closed in 2001.

Since then, he has been still  continuing  to supply his clients all around the world with Hazelnuts and above mentioned fruits from serious business partners in the homeland of products.