Yavuz Tatış

What started as a hobby has in time become a full-time occupation and he is better known in Turkey today in his quality of an expert private collector, rather than through his business porte-feuille.

In 2004, some pieces of his collection has been presented in the form of a book (in Turkish) "Anadolu Medeniyetlerinden Kültür Yansımaları" (Reflections of the Culture from Anatolian Civilizations).

Since then, Tatış has completed an edition of his book in English and in a more extensive scope, which proves difficult to put the finishing touches since new gems arrive all the time.

In the meantime, he is taking steps with a view to establishing a Yavuş Tatış Museum in İzmir, whose works have started, and is also deepening research in the specialist's field of Byzantine seals, having put together a unique collection in these.

In 2006, he also published a second book in which he collected various observation drawn from business and everyday life, titled "Experiences" (Deneyimler).