After seven wonderful years at Mozaik Doğan and I have decided it's time to move on. We turned a scrubby little back street dirt garden (with everyone saying you won't make it work there), into Dogan's dream; a Turkish restaurant serving the famous Hatay cuisine of his home province; and became one of the most popular restaurants in Fethiye.
We couldn't have achieved this (especially in the early years) without the continued support of CBF members and in time we benefited from repeat business, plus their friends and family, word of mouth recommendations, TripAdvisor, online blogs such as Turkey's for Life and entries in numerous international travel books and magazines. For all of your support we thank you and will always be grateful.
We have had fantastic loyal, dedicated and happy staff teams over the years and are proud of our record of employing as many if not more women than men, including in frontline positions. We have seen our staff blossom and grow with some returning to education and others having experiences and opportunities they would never had had otherwise.
Our success as a restaurant has supported and provided incomes for our ever growing staff team and their families. The number of people financially supported by Mozaik including spouses and children is about 30 people a year.
Now, after seven years we now feel Mozaik will benefit from the enthusiasm and energy that comes with new owners. When we know who the new owners will be, we will let you know too.
In conclusion, I would just like to add, we have met literally thousands of amazing people from all around the world and are happy to count many as our friends. Our worlds are better places for these friendships.
Again, thank you all so much for your loyalty, enthusiasm for and enjoyment of what we have offered over the past seven years.
Dogan and Nichola
We would also like to apologize for any confusion and upset caused recently and especially to Don, who both we and Keith have been in touch with and everything is good.
We had intended to let everyone know when we could confirm who the new owners would be and what their intentions are. In light of our plans becoming a little prematurely public knowledge and knowing how passionate many of you are about Mozaik as part of its history, transition and success (it's as much yours in a way as it's ours) we felt we should clarify the situation and promise to keep you all up to date with developments as they happen.