{"id":12,"date":"2021-03-12T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T10:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-04-08T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:35:09","slug":"tarinamme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/en\/tarinamme\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-257feae elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"257feae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d336fb2\" data-id=\"d336fb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc7085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdc7085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- Erkan Bistro Story -<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-859acab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"859acab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2761e2a\" data-id=\"2761e2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acfc4fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acfc4fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Erkan's kebab pizzeria has earned an iconic place in Kotka's street scene. Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc founded the restaurant in 1998, but the restaurant underwent a complete renovation in 2015. Erkan kebab pizzeria became Erkan Bistro &amp; Restaurant. The people of Kotka welcomed the reformed Erkan with open arms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d90532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d90532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b829046 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b829046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834deaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"834deaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After moving to Finland in 1993, young Turkish army war veteran Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc first worked as a plumber. It went well, even though his left arm and right knee were damaged in the army.<\/p><p>Later, \u00d6nc\u00fc's road has passed to peoples hearts through his delicious foods.<\/p><p>- When I opened my own restaurant in 1998, the beginning as an entrepreneur was difficult, says Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc.<\/p><p>Setting up a company and the related bureaucracy wasn't too difficult because my Finnish ex-wife helped, but learning the Finnish work and business culture took time.<\/p><p>- In the beginning I had two employees and I worked for four. On the weekend, we didn't close until five in the morning, and sometimes I even did 22-hour work days. When I was young, I had periods of it and I wanted to succeed, Erkan says.<\/p><p>In the beginning, a large part of the customers were people met in the plumbing work and customers of the plumbing company and their acquaintances.<\/p><p>- Little by little, the reputation of Erka's kebab pizzeria spread and our number of customers grew, says \u00d6nc\u00fc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c3867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19c3867\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2fbe8182e56dea4989b5d743877f049b.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feddedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"feddedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Erkan Bistron tarina &#8211; Erkan kebab-pizzeria on ansainnut ikonisen paikan Kotkan katun\u00e4kym\u00e4ss\u00e4. Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc perusti ravintolan vuonna 1998, mutta ravintola koki t\u00e4yden uudistuksen vuonna 2015. Erkan kebab-pizzeriasta tuli Erkan Bistro &amp; Restaurant. Kotkalaiset ottivat uudistuneen Erkanin avosylin vastaan. Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc Muutettuaan Suomeen vuonna 1993 nuori Turkin armeijan sotaveteraani Erkan \u00d6nc\u00fc teki ensin putkimiehen hommia. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erkanbistro.fi\/en\/tarinamme\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tarinamme - Erkan Bistro - Tervetuloa herkuttelemaan Erkaniin!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Erkan Bistro &amp; Restaurantista l\u00f6yd\u00e4t perinteisten pizzojen ja kebabien lis\u00e4ksi salaatit ja burgerit. 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