As Turkish entrepreneurs perform well in Iraq, the Iraqis will have more confidence in Turkish contractors than in some European company they do not know.

- Husnu Ozyegin

There are companies with management and companies with money. You can always find money. Management is the key to success in any business.

- Husnu Ozyegin

Getting to the top is not so easy; staying there is more difficult.

- Husnu Ozyegin

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

- Husnu Ozyegin

I was not only a billionaire but the richest man in Turkey. It's a great feeling, but your responsibilities increase.

- Husnu Ozyegin

I'm giving away 2 percent of my net income every month. I don't think Bill Gates is doing that.

- Husnu Ozyegin

It's important to do see the results of your philanthropy while you are alive.

- Husnu Ozyegin

The easiest way to get into northern Iraq is through Turkey.

- Husnu Ozyegin

The most important problem that Turkey has is education.

- Husnu Ozyegin

There are many businesses that are born and die. A university is supposed to live forever.

- Husnu Ozyegin

European and American banks are conservative in the sense that they don't come at their full strength to markets where we are; that leaves us an opportunity to be successful.

- Husnu Ozyegin

I tell foreign companies that come here... 'Don't see Turkey as a country of 770,000 sq km and $800bn gross domestic product. This country has the potential to do so much business in the surrounding countries.'

- Husnu Ozyegin

Start small; get to know the landscape. We take risks but not major risks. We always started with small capital - €4m in Holland, $10m in Russia - and as we get to know the landscape of a country, we think about other businesses.

- Husnu Ozyegin