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Syrian Entrepreneur coming to Turkey with 80 Lira

The Syrian entrepreneur fled from Syria with 80 Lira in his pocket and settled in Turkey and became a millionaire. Yaser Haddad says that the company he established in Istanbul made a turnover of 1 million TL and employs 40 Syrians and 5 Turks.

Haddad achieved this feat by using social media. The entrepreneur, who guides Arab tourists in Istanbul today, has been toiling for 6 years. At first he tried to survive in Hatay. Then he settled in Istanbul saying "If I am going to drown, at least I will drown in great seas".

Yaser Haddad, 32, founded a tour company thanks to the support he received from his friends. He promoted his company to Arab tourists through social media. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, has grown the company by giving guidance to families coming to Turkey from countries like Qatar.

Haddad assessed the demand in health tourism and welcomes Arabs arriving to Turkey for many reasons such as hair plantation to stomach reduction operations.

Started to work by buying its first car for 12 thousand TL

Nowadays, many people wonder how this entrepreneur got to these places from 80 lira. Haddad quenches our curiosity a little with these words: “I came to Hatay in 2011. From there, I went to Istanbul. I would do whatever work was here. I came around Taksim and asked the companies one by one, I would work whatever they said.  The money in my pocket was 80-90 lira. Instagram order to introduce Turkey to the Arab and opened the Snapchat page. I founded my company in 2014. After that, I started working by buying my first car for 12 thousand TL. Meanwhile, a group of 30 people came from Qatar. They stayed for about 11-12 days in Turkey and left some serious money. I continued to work, putting aside the money received.”

Social media phenomena stipulated to come with THY

Haddad says Saudi Arabia is collaborating with social media phenomena. "I researched the social media phenomenon on the internet and spoke with a Turkey for the promotion. I agree he ran the phenomenon must come to Turkey with Turkish Airlines. Incoming phenomenon did their share came to Turkey and I saw a serious impact”.

Yaseen Haddad, every month brings 150 Arab tourists to Turkey and not being paid money by providing employment for 45 people. Haddad's success story, which is encouraging many people migrated to Turkey. Thousands of Syrians without education, talent or courage are trying to survive under difficult conditions.

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