In our quest to search for the desire to learn and advance, we encounter Emir Elidemir, where he progresses step by step towards success in his adventure, in which he traces the passion to be the best and a quest for perfection while turning this into his life philosophy. For a closer discovery, we invite you to the world of Emir, who never runs low on determination and not once breaks away from his state of searching until he reaches the best.

What are your differentiating characteristics?

My desire to be the best in everything I do – I persistently search for myself and improve until I meet the best version of myself; and my appetite to learn new things.

*EMİR* wears a leather trenchcoat by ***Armani – Beymen,*** a top by ***GENERATION 78,*** pants by ***Shopi Go***, and shoes by ***Saint Laurent.*** His rings is Terzihan.

What is the most important moment in your journey to finding yourself?

Not the most important moment, but the most important process was working in Michelin star restaurants in New York, Lyon and Amsterdam. While working in a Michelin kitchen, you not only take your culinary skills to a very advanced level, but also find yourself in a unique discipline and ambitious work. All of these are vital to where I reached today with my career.

“I persistently search for myself and improve until I meet the best version of myself.”
-Emir Elidemir

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received about life?

“If you spend 1000 hours chopping onions, you will be the best at chopping onions.”

If you were to offer advice, what would it be?

Quoting these words of Martin Luther King would be the best advice that can be offered to anyone: “If it falls on your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, like Shakespeare wrote poetry, like Beethoven composed music; sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper.’”

Talent Emir Elidemir
Creative Direction & Interview by Duygu Bengi
Fashion Director Burak Sanuk
Photographer Abdullah Yazıc
Fashion Editor Umut Sımsıkı

Hair by Mutlu Ahmet Sinan
Make Up by Bedirhan Aydın

Dop Celal Burak Özgül
Gaffer Okan Ataş

Creative Team Ceydanur Demir, Murat Kıvık, Şevval Küçüktır
Fashion Team Naz Paksoy, Tuğba Kır
Photography Assistant Ramazan Şentürk

From Based Istanbul N°42 – me, myself & I Issue. “Talk to yourself like someone you love.⁠ Perhaps then, the balance might change. This time ask yourself: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” Buy your copy now!

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