Turan
Ozbahceci established the first supermarket chain in 2011 in Baku,
Azerbaijan under the name Ardash Azerbaijan (ARAZ) with Veyseloglu Holding.
With the slogan “Where you are, Araz is there”, he opened the first Azadlig
branch in May 2011, Garachukhur branch in June, Neftchilar branch in July, then
Olympic Star and Elmler branch. Ozbahceci was both one of the founders of the
company and also the CEO. He had realized the opening of 2 more stores in 2012
and 14 more stores in 2013 while also creating “Araz loyalty card” in order to
form a regular customer base. Becoming one of the most important supermarket
chains in the country within just 3 years with a total of 21 stores, Araz
Supermarket Chain reached its target position in 2014. Today, based on the same
foundation built years ago, it serves its customers with more than 100 branches
in the supermarket sector of Azerbaijan. Turan Ozbahceci is proud of the
effectiveness and success of this project.