Turkey

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Expanding business all over the world and helping children in need – Both are my dreams.

2018-07-22

Interviewed & Written by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Daniel Penso Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Serkan Toso (Turkey) Food Entrepreneur One day we received a mail saying, “I would like to collaborate with you.” The mail came from Serkan, a Turkish man who has his own online platform which provides information about food events to visitors to Tokyo. We got interested in him because of the reasons below; 1. He is from Turkey. We’ve never happened upon a Turkish IT entrepreneur in Japan. 2. He is Muslim, which means he must have food restrictions. It is interesting that that kind of

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You can’t clap with one hand, so I need others help. I want to expand our business with good people.

2009-09-05

Interviewed & Written by Isao Tokuhashi & Chinatsu Suzuki Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Selami Kucuk (Turkey) Kebab stall co-owner (He’s been in Japan since 2003) We introduce you to a Turkish guy who runs a kebab stall in Chiba, a suburb area of Tokyo. His name is Selami Kucuk and his background is unique. He used to be a professional soccer player in his country! Turkey is one of the world-class soccer powers and it placed third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. But now a former professional soccer player is making doner kebab everyday in Japan, outside Tokyo. Do you want to

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Kebab61

2009-09-05

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi & Chinatsu Suzuki Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Kabab stall (Chuo-ku, Chiba) *It’s been a Turkish restaurant called “Karadeniz61” since 2015. There are so many kebab stalls in the middle of Tokyo. But once you step in the suburb area called Chiba Prefecture, that kind of shop becomes a curiosity. Kebab61 is in the central Chiba City, which is located 40km (25 miles) east of Tokyo. When you walk on the station road in the city center, the spicy savor of doner kebab titillates your nasal passage. This stall is run by the Kucuk brothers

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Rakugo is a way of expressing myself which I found at last.

2008-03-22

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com   Mizirakli Halit (Turkey) Rakugo performer/Graduate school student (He’s been in Japan in 2001-02, 2004-) The second interview from the Kansai region is with Mizirakli Halit, a rakugo performer from Turkey. He talks quietly and gently, like he is trying to choose the right words. When he came to Japan for the first time in 2001, he experienced rakugo. Three years later, he came to Japan again and started his activities as a rakugo performer in the Osaka area. After he started learning rakugo, he got interested in his roots. “Meddahlik“, a Turkish