In the cover interview titled “Global Harvest,” readers were introduced to Tiryaki Agro’s success story in the global agricultural supply chain, its journey of institutionalization, and its international growth strategy through the insights of CEO Süleyman Tiryakioğlu.
“There Is a Larger Kitchen Behind the Products That Reach Your Table”
Published in the magazine’s inside pages under the headline “Tiryaki of Agriculture,” the spotlight of the interview read:
“His father stood out among millions of farmers with a single tractor. Today, Süleyman Tiryakioğlu, CEO of Tiryaki Agro, manages one of the world’s leading agricultural supply chain companies from Yağcılar Mansion in Beylerbeyi, Istanbul, with an annual revenue of 3 billion dollars. The goal is growth in emerging markets and reaching 5 billion dollars in revenue.”
The six-page interview began with the following lines:
“Süleyman Tiryakioğlu, CEO of Tiryaki Agro, has much to share. Just one day before his meeting with Forbes Türkiye, he had completed the acquisition of the Yudum brand as part of the company’s retail expansion. From a port investment in Djibouti supported by IFC, to a raw material supply agreement with Tüpraş for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and to deepening projects across a vast geography extending from Kazakhstan to Iraq and the United States…
It is not easy to summarize in a two-hour interview a structure that processes food products imported from 40 countries, delivers to more than 50 countries, operates through 40 ports for logistics, and manages six vessels — and that has gone even further by establishing energy and bioindustry facilities both domestically and abroad.
‘We supply 6 million tons annually — equivalent to 500 football fields of products,’ says Süleyman Tiryakioğlu during the conversation, moving between different lines of business. ‘Our business is complex and not easy to fully grasp… We manage an end-to-end agricultural supply chain. Think of it as a much larger kitchen behind the products that reach your table. We are involved in the entire preparation process — from sourcing products from farmers to processing, logistics, distribution, and packaging.’”
In the interview, Forbes Türkiye highlighted Tiryaki Agro’s integrated business model, the inclusion of Yudum into the Tiryaki Agro family, and Tiryaki Anadolu’s preparations for a public offering as key topics.
Forbes Türkiye – March 2026
