The family’s first business was set up in Izmir in 1902. Lucien Arkas, the third generation of the family, is chairman of Arkas Holding. But behind his professional profile, who is this smiling but probably demanding man?

“I’m an optimist,” he says. “I have plenty of hobbies — too many.” Where to start, he muses...

“Young people. If you like humanity a little bit, you cannot not love young people.”

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