Together with Endeavor Türkiye, we hosted "Legacy & Liquidity: Structuring the Modern Family Office" event

This morning in Istanbul, together with Endeavor Türkiye, we hosted "Legacy & Liquidity: Structuring the Modern Family Office" at Shangri-La Bosphorus — a half-day conversation on how family capital is being institutionalised, how investment platforms are evolving, and how sophisticated investors are positioning for a more complex global environment.

The event brought together family offices, corporates with investment functions, CVC leaders, investors, and founders for a focused discussion on long-term capital strategy.

We were pleased to open the day with Asli Kurul Turkmen of Endeavor Türkiye, followed by a keynote from Pete Benedetto of Endeavor Catalyst on venture capital in a new era — covering capital cycles, liquidity evolution, return dispersion, and Europe’s place in the global VC landscape.

Our first panel, "Corporate Venture Capital — Strategy, Structure, and Lessons Learned", featured Defne Kocabiyik Narter of Borusan Ventures and Pelin Akın Özalp of Akfen Holding, moderated by our Ihsan Elgin. The conversation focused on how CVCs are structured, how performance is measured, how venture allocation fits alongside the core business, and what separates strategic intent from real execution.

Our second panel, "Long-Term Capital Strategy — Structuring Family Wealth & Governance", brought together Naci Topçuoğlu of ISTCAPITAL and Kazim Koseoglu of Esas Holding, moderated by our Ilker Sozdinler. The discussion explored how family wealth evolves from operating companies and holdings into more institutional structures, how governance and generational transitions are managed in practice, and how investment decision-making becomes more disciplined as complexity increases.

We closed with Patrick Schartner of Deutsche Bank, in conversation with our Emrah Silav, CFA, on global markets, family office positioning, and strategic asset allocation — from geopolitics and commodities to Turkey’s macro outlook, liquidity, resilience, and long-term portfolio construction.

At Oleka Capital, we believe these discussions matter because the market is changing in three directions at once: Turkish founders are building for global markets, international investors are assessing leading Turkish startups, and Turkish capital is increasingly seeking world-class international opportunities. Our role is to operate as a three-way bridge across those capital flows — with global access, institutional-grade discipline, and real operational support. That is the lens through which we invest, and it is also the lens through which we want to convene the market.