Nuri Demirağ began his career as a public servant, holding positions in the Ziraat Bank and as a taxman. After World War I, he became a successful businessman, growing his personal wealth from 252 liras to 84,000 liras in just three years. Demirağ went on to establish many important businesses and infrastructure projects in early 20th century Turkey, including constructing over 1,000 km of railways, founding steel and cement factories, and establishing Turkey's first aircraft factory and flying school. Though he had even more ambitious plans for developing Turkey's industry and military, including producing tens of thousands of aircraft, tanks, and vehicles, as well as training hundreds of thousands of technicians and pilots, many

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Life of Nuri DEMİRAĞ
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His Offices Life
Official in Ziraat Bank
Famine
Taxman
Revenue Manager
Tax Inspector
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The public servant Nuri
DEMIRAG began to work as
a businessman after the end
of World War I.
252 liras to 84000 liras in 3
years.
His Business Life
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His Business Life
 DEMİRAĞ brothers
constructed 1012 km
railway network.
 Samsun-Erzurum,
 Sivas-Erzurum,
 Afyon-Dinar.
 DEMİRAĞ Surname
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His Business Life
 Karabük ıron and steel factory,
 İzmit cellulose,
 Sivas cement factory,
 Bursa merinos,
 Eceabat airport
 İstanbul Marketplace.
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His Flying School and Factory
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 Engine starting advantage,
 24 training aircraft and 65 gliders.
His Training Aircraft. Nu.D-36
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His Passenger Aircraft. Nu.D-38
 2 engines and 6 passenger,
 Passenger or bomber aircraft,
 A class aircraft in the World,
 Spain, İran, Irak,
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His Unfinished Projects
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His Unfinished Projects
 Village improvement plan,
 University of technical and morality Project,
 For Turkish military industry ;
 35.000 big and small aircraft,
 12.000 tank,
 68.000 military truck,
 150.000 pilot, 200.000 engineers and technicians.
 Those numbers show his aim was so great for our
country.
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 Who is Nuri Demirağ?
 His offices and business life,
 His aircraft.
 Unfinished projects.
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