An Essential Man: İshak Alaton

"When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

An Essential Man is the narration of a life struggle... The burden of being a minority in a society, wealth tax and a devastaded family with this. But, no matter what happened a determined young man who never gave up inspite of these difficulties: İshak Alaton.

With this book of Mehmet Gu?ndem we are witnessing İshak Alaton`s life struggle, his breaking moments, happiness, his willing of starting over no matter what happened, his infinite willing of learning, the struggles to overcome himself and his intention to leave a mark in life even if it was a small one.

İshak Alaton, who started his business life as communication officer, who then backed to his country as technical artist but could not find a job just because of not having technical certificate and who decided to start his own business, is telling us how he met his partner Üzeyir Garih, how they established today`s ALARKO Holding and the struggles they made. Furthermore, he is sharing his modest family life and the relationship with his children.

Behind all this, he is enlightening a period of Turkey. An Essential Man is a success story of a hectic life, full of ups and downs.