Ailenin ilk kurucusu. The first builder of the family. Der erste Gestalter der Familie.
Recep Duranoğlu aile teşebbüsünü İstanbul, Türkiye'de kurdu — aile evleriyle, birer birer, mahalle mahalle. İlk on yıllar sloganlar ya da strateji sunumları olmadan geçti; tek inanç şuydu: iyi yapılmış bir ev, onu yapan kişiden daha uzun yaşar.
Onun zanaatı sabır ve yakınlığa dayanıyordu — her sokağı, her müteahhidi, her komşuyu adıyla bilmek. O ilk yıllarda koyduğu standartlar, bugün de grubun ölçütüdür.
Recep Duranoğlu founded the family enterprise in Istanbul, Türkiye, dealing in family homes — one at a time, neighbour by neighbour. The first decades were done without slogans or strategy decks; the conviction was simply that a house built well outlasts the person who built it.
His was a craft of patience and proximity — knowing every street, every contractor, every tenant by name. The standards he set in those early years remain the standards the group is held to today.
Recep Duranoğlu gründete das Familienunternehmen in Istanbul, Türkei — mit Familienhäusern, eines nach dem anderen, Nachbarschaft für Nachbarschaft. Die ersten Jahrzehnte vergingen ohne Slogans oder Strategiepapiere; die Überzeugung war schlicht: Ein gut gebautes Haus überdauert den, der es gebaut hat.
Sein Handwerk war eines der Geduld und der Nähe — jede Straße, jeden Bauunternehmer, jeden Nachbarn beim Namen zu kennen. Die Maßstäbe, die er in jenen frühen Jahren setzte, sind bis heute jene der Gruppe.