Management of Plateau
Başkonuş Yaylası became a special purpose entity in 2011 and has been managed by Erdoğanyılmaz family since.
Serdar Erdoğanyılmaz
After primary school, he ranked the first in the city in free boarding exam, and he completed his secondary and high school education in İstanbul Haydarpaşa High School as a boarder. He graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1976, and from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1986.
He worked as an engineer and a manager in Kahramanmaraş Rural Services. He has been a columnist in local newspapers and websites for 20 years besides having programs of culture, tourism, introduction and politics in local television. Serdar Erdoğanyılmaz, whose work in research and documentary about Kahramanmara still continues, is married to Süreyya Erdoğanyılmaz, who is an education volunteer. They have three children named Kayahan, Serhan and Mehmet. Serdar Erdoğanyılmaz continues working as the honorary president of the management since 2018.
Süreyya Erdoğanyılmaz
After serving as the head of parent-teacher association in Reşit Gümüşer Primary School, Özderya Educational Institutions and Kipaş Educational Institutions for 16 years and as the class-mother for 28 years, Süreyya Erdoğanyılmaz continued to work in the management of the school that was founded for the name of their father, Mehmet Gümüşer. Besides being an active education volunteer, she had various television programs with famous chefs and food critics about the promotion of local cuisine of Kahramanmaraş, and she pioneered in the activities of gastronomic tourism that represents the city.
Serhan Erdoğanyılmaz
Serhan Erdoğanyılmaz, who took over the position of being the chairman of the executive board from Serdar Erdoğanyılmaz in 2018, graduated from Koç University Department of Industrial Engineering in 2011. He worked as the director of importation in the firm Eren Holding Modern Karton until 2016, and he continued his professional career as the supply chain manager of African Powerplants of Aksa Enerji. He managed the investments of the powerplant and paper factory whose budgets were over 1 billion dollars, and he ran operations in 345 different cities and 127 different countries. He keeps working with the purpose of improving what he took over from his father with the help of visionary investments and other activities in various fields. He got married to Aslı Erdoğanyılmaz in 2017. They moved to their hometown Kahramanmaraş in 2018 and had two children named Eren and Ela, and they have high levels of English competency.
Aslı Erdoğanyılmaz
After her education in Şişli Terakki Science High School, she graduated from Koç University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2016 with the certificates of expertise in supply chain and logistic specialty. Aslı Erdoğan, who works as a Digital Marketing Specialist within the scope of Sabancı Holding, has been managing the site coordination, guest relations and CRM operations of Başkonuş Yaylası. She is a member of Kahramanmaraş Board of Trade Women Entrepreneurs Association, and she has been working to improve women employment in their businesses.