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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's Donald Trump is a little kinder. Instead of the harsh "you're fired!" uttered by Trump in the "The Apprentice," Tuncay Ozilhan, who fronts the Turkish version of the U.S. reality show, ousted the first candidate vying for a high-paying job in his conglomerate with the slightly gentler: "I don't want to work with you."
First to go in the series that kicked off Sunday was a Macedonian-born cake shop owner whose team failed to impress with this week's task of selling roasted chestnuts in the streets of Istanbul.
Ozilhan is the 57-year-old chairman of the Anadolu Group, which was founded by his father and another partner in the 1950s. The group has interests in brewing, soft-drinks, the automative sector, finance and office supplies.
In the show, which will run for 13 weeks, eight women and eight men compete for the lucrative monthly salary of about $11,000 within the Anadolu Group. Ozilhan fires one or more candidates each week according to how well they perform with the tasks he assigns.
Ozilhan generally shies away from media attention. But he agreed to front the show because of his desire to help aspiring entrepreneurs.
"I accepted because I believe that I can be a guide for the young," Ozilhan said in a recent interview. "I see it as a social duty."
First to go in the series that kicked off Sunday was a Macedonian-born cake shop owner whose team failed to impress with this week's task of selling roasted chestnuts in the streets of Istanbul.
Ozilhan is the 57-year-old chairman of the Anadolu Group, which was founded by his father and another partner in the 1950s. The group has interests in brewing, soft-drinks, the automative sector, finance and office supplies.
In the show, which will run for 13 weeks, eight women and eight men compete for the lucrative monthly salary of about $11,000 within the Anadolu Group. Ozilhan fires one or more candidates each week according to how well they perform with the tasks he assigns.
Ozilhan generally shies away from media attention. But he agreed to front the show because of his desire to help aspiring entrepreneurs.
"I accepted because I believe that I can be a guide for the young," Ozilhan said in a recent interview. "I see it as a social duty."
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