September 2024, Inbusiness

Kemal Gülman, owner and CEO of Gülman Group, says that although the date of sitting down to write his book titled İş'ten Hikayeler İş'ten Hikayeler Tecrübelerim, Tavsiyelerim (Stories from Work, My Experience, My Advice) is June 2021, it is a 10-year story. Stating that his son said to him, ‘Dad, I wish others could hear what you told us, don't you think about writing a book?’ but he said, ‘What do I know about writing a book?’ Gülman describes this process as follows: ‘Polat insisted on this request.

I was not a man who had ever given an interview about my business throughout my life. The businesses we have entered as a group, the projects we have done, our firsts in Turkish trade... No one in our circle knew about these except those we did business with and my children. He tried to convince me of this. As soon as I accepted writing a book as a responsibility for my children, grandchildren and the future of my company, I sat down at the writing desk.’ Apart from the decision to write, it is also important to determine how to start the book or what the title of the book will be.