Until verified records arrive, Kurucu Raf previews the market through example products, services and maker profiles. Each record also shows the people, work and production path behind it.
Sales have not started. Amounts shown on Kurucu Raf are examples, not offers.
The people in this image of a possible learning setting are not the instructors or participants.
REAL PROGRAMME INFORMATION · REGISTRATION CLOSED
Group Speed-Reading Programme
An in-person programme planned by two instructors for up to eight participants; the programme information is real, personal names are withheld from the public record and registration is not yet open.
TRY 7,000 / person · groupLoading BenAkçe and gold equivalents…
TRY 35,000 · individual programmeLoading BenAkçe and gold equivalents…
See value comparisonFee information supplied by the instructors; dates and payment channel are not open.
Category
Learning & culture
Country
Türkiye · Istanbul · venue and dates to be confirmed
Production path
Circle path
Status
Verified programme details · registration closed
Maker / responsible partySpeed-Reading Learning Team · representative name
Video-portrait conceptHow do we measure understanding a text?≈ 1:40
Explore serviceThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A hive scene that does not belong to a specific craftsperson or apiary.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · MAKER AND SPECIFICATION NOT SET
Locally Crafted Wooden Beehive
A single-storey wooden hive example bringing the beekeeper’s need and a carpenter’s knowledge into one production profile.
TRY 2,650 / single-storey hiveLoading BenAkçe and gold equivalents…
See value comparisonIllustrative price based on a September 2026 wooden-hive comparison; not an offer.
A representative scene based on the field of work; it is not an actual Mert Başbuğ product or workshop photograph.
VERIFIED MAKER PROFILE · NOT FOR SALE
Mert Başbuğ · Handmade Leather Wallets & Accessories
A verified maker profile for Mert Başbuğ’s handmade wallets and small accessories, recording materials, working time and selling costs without blending them together.
Category
Craft & production
Country
Türkiye · Production location to be confirmed
Production path
Circle path
Status
Verified maker profile · sales closed
Maker / responsible partyMert Başbuğ
Video-portrait conceptWhere does the cost of a piece begin?≈ 2:00
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative made-to-measure scene showing no specific person or real workshop.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · ORDERS CLOSED
One Jacket Workshop · Made-to-Measure Production
A representative profile for a made-to-measure jacket maker who shapes fabric, pattern, lining, buttons and fittings around the person rather than forcing the person into a standard block.
Category
Clothing & textiles
Country
Türkiye · Production location to be verified
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyOne Jacket Workshop · representative name
Video-portrait conceptHow is a jacket built fitting by fitting?≈ 2:20
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative casting process belonging to no specific brand, work or craftsperson.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · COLLECTION NOT FOR SALE
Casting Traces · Small-Batch Collection
A representative maker profile making visible the casting and collection knowledge accumulated around Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar through design, model, mould, metal and hand-finishing stages.
Category
Craft & production
Country
Türkiye · Istanbul · representative craft setting
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyCasting Traces · representative name
Video-portrait conceptHow does an idea move into metal?≈ 2:30
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative making scene that belongs to no specific ceramicist or real product line.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · AWAITING WORKSHOP APPROVAL
Trace of Earth · Ceramic Objects for Daily Life
A representative profile for a small-batch ceramic maker whose pieces retain the marks of hand-shaping, drying, glazing and firing.
Category
Home & living
Country
Türkiye · Workshop to be verified
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyTrace of Earth Ceramics · representative name
Video-portrait conceptWhat changes as clay passes through fire?≈ 2:15
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative seed-for-seed exchange scene showing no specific grower, variety or real exchange lot.
A representative grower profile carrying local seeds from seed to seed without sale, while recording origin, growing year and the exchange chain.
Seed-for-seed exchange only within the Oba networkThis is not a purchase; no TRY, BenAkçe, BenGram or payment is used. An inter-Oba match appears as an exchange record only after the natural persons involved and the region-of-origin condition are verified.
Category
Food & growing
Country
Türkiye · Region of origin to be verified
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partySeed Steward · representative name
Video-portrait conceptA seed’s origin and exchange trail≈ 2:30
A representative kitchen scene that does not imitate Dr.Salt packaging or belong to any specific brand or real product.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · NO HEALTH CLAIMS
Source Salt Workshop · Natural Liquid Salt Kitchen Set
A representative maker profile for liquid salt in kitchen formats such as dropper, spray and table bottle, with source, analysis, batch and use boundaries kept visible.
Category
Food & growing
Country
Türkiye · Source and bottling location to be verified
Production path
Makers outside BenBiz
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partySource Salt Workshop · representative name
Video-portrait conceptSource, analysis and kitchen use≈ 2:10
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative process scene showing no specific kiln, tree species or real maker.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · NO USE CLAIMS
Traditional Tar Kiln · Maker Portrait
A representative maker profile drawing on traditional production knowledge in Konya and its inherited understanding of kiln, fire and time.
Category
Craft & production
Country
Türkiye · Konya · representative production region
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyTraditional Tar Kiln · representative name
Video-portrait conceptKiln, time and the maker’s signs≈ 2:40
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative small-batch making scene showing no real garment line or specific maker.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · FIBRE RATIO UNVERIFIED
From Fibre to Clothing · Hemp Garment Maker
A representative maker profile focused less on one finished shirt and more on pattern, small-batch production, care, repair and working-life decisions.
Category
Clothing & textiles
Country
Türkiye · Production chain to be verified
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyFrom Fibre to Clothing · representative name
Video-portrait conceptWhere is a garment’s working life designed?≈ 2:20
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
A representative prototype-development scene showing no tested or sale-ready footwear.
KURUCU RAF EXAMPLE · NO SAMPLE OR TESTING
From Fibre to Step · Hemp Footwear Maker
A representative footwear-maker profile asking about sustainability across upper, sole, adhesive, stitching, durability and repairability rather than the upper fabric alone.
Category
Clothing & textiles
Country
Türkiye · Prototype workshop to be verified
Production path
Circle path
Status
Kurucu Raf example · not for sale
Maker / responsible partyFrom Fibre to Step · representative name
Video-portrait conceptWhich questions test a prototype?≈ 2:35
Open maker storyThis interest is tied to your BenBiz account; it creates no order or payment.
Checking live catalogue records.
Meanwhile, you can explore the clearly marked Kurucu Raf examples.
MAKERS AND SOLIDARITY CIRCLES
Meet the people and shared work behind each offering.
A sample storefront showing how local vegetables, bakery goods, aromatic plants, pre-production services and non-commercial local-seed exchange could meet within one regional relationship.
Local harvest · aromatic plants · bakery · production readiness · local-seed exchange · Anatolia · region not yet set
One week in the region≈ 3:30
Open storefrontKURUCU RAF · R&D AND PRODUCTION CIRCLE EXAMPLE
ObaNova Production Shelf · Future Concept
A future-facing storefront showing how hemp fibre, natural materials, beekeeping and craft work might one day be traced through one production network.
Natural fibre · textiles · materials R&D · beekeeping · Anatolia · site and team not yet set
Alongside the TRY amounts on Kurucu Raf, you can compare BenAkçe and gram-gold equivalents. The calculation compares the design ratio of 100 BenAkçe = 1 BenGram and 1 BenGram = one gram of 1000/1000 fine gold with dated daily data from Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP).
Fixed reference ratio
100 BenAkçe =1 BenGram1 BenGram = the reference value of 1 gram of gold
Use a point for decimals and commas for thousands.
Currency equivalent
Daily data loads automatically; compare it with your own price if you wish.
The currency equivalent will be calculated automatically when the daily data connection is ready.
BenAkçe and BenGram are not yet in use and do not constitute a confirmed promise of payment. The currency equivalent is derived from NBP’s latest daily gram-gold value and Table A mid rates; it is not an intraday bid or offer, payment instruction, gold balance, proof of reserves or investment advice.
We want to share work made within BenBiz and ObaNova without hiding who made it or under which conditions. Makers outside BenBiz may apply under the same clear standards. The aim is to build an honest connection between people who do good work and people looking for it.
We hope a marketplace like this can help makers keep doing their work and, over time, help BenBiz projects cover their own costs.
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Natural and original
We make room for natural food, local production, original design and craft. We do not admit anonymous factory-made and conventional mass production simply to fill shelves.
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From producer to community
We aim to reduce unnecessary intermediary chains, especially shortening the distance from field to table. The producer, logistics and other costs remain visible and distinct.
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Quality takes more than words
Care and good intent matter, but are not enough on their own. Source, materials or content, process, safety, competence, durability and impact on nature are considered together.
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From products to learning
Alongside physical products, learning packages, knowledge, culture and services can appear here when ready, each with its own records of scope, competence, access and responsibility.
People before products, trust beside work.From products to learning · Different forms of value emerging from BenBiz and ObaNova meet the world through the same standards of clarity and responsibility.
TWO APPLICATION ROUTES · THE SAME STANDARDS
Whether it begins inside or arrives from outside, its path remains visible.
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Circle path
A product, learning programme or service developed through a Solidarity Circle’s open tasks, recorded contributions and terms agreed before work begins.
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Application route for makers outside BenBiz
A producer, educator or initiative outside BenBiz applies by sharing who they are, their capacity or competence, working conditions, safety information and statements that can be checked. The record is reviewed before it enters the catalogue.
Both paths follow the same standards for quality, safety, responsibility, transparency and delivery or access. A circle connection is not an automatic right to sell, and arriving from outside does not create second-class status.
We do not hide good work. We do not present unfinished work as complete. If it does not fit your need, we do not try to hold you there.
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Real information before bright claims
We explain what a product, learning programme or service does well while showing its limits, current stage and whose statement each claim represents.
02
A meeting, not pressure
We do not compress decisions with false urgency, invented discounts, artificial scarcity or hidden persuasion.
03
The source of promotion stays visible
If paid visibility is used later, it will be clearly marked as advertising and explain why it affects ordering.
STORE GUIDE · PRINCIPLES AND PREPARATION NOTES
How is the Store being prepared today?
Who made it, how was it produced, and which information did we check? BenBiz Store is being prepared to show the people, work and current conditions behind a product or service in plain language.
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More than a shop window.
BenBiz Store is not an unrestricted market where anyone simply uploads an offer and adds a price. It is being prepared as a selective Fair Marketplace where natural and original products, craft, meaningful learning and accountable services appear together with their sources, conditions and reasons for admission.
Community member
Understand a needed product, learning programme or service together with its source, total price and delivery or access terms, and know who carries responsibility if something goes wrong.
Maker / provider
Describe what is made or offered, its current stage, capacity or competence and working conditions honestly, without confusing a personal statement with independently verified information.
Contributor
Agree the scope and possible compensation for design, production, materials, storytelling or logistics before starting. A sale must not create an unagreed share by itself.
Explorer Member
Share a product, learning or service idea, real need, application, setup contribution or principle proposal without belonging to an active circle, and follow the record through every stage.
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Two honest paths into the same marketplace.
We do not require every product, learning programme or service to come from a Solidarity Circle, but we do not hide which path brought it into the Store.
Circle path
Products, learning and services developed through a Solidarity Circle’s open tasks, recorded contributions and agreed terms receive priority consideration, and that connection remains visible.
Application route for makers outside BenBiz
Makers, educators and initiatives outside BenBiz may apply by sharing who they are, what they can offer, their working conditions, safety information and statements that can be checked.
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Shared Bag 0.1: How an idea becomes a product.
This story preserves the shared-production method from idea to prototype. Shared Bag is not for sale today; it is a process record showing how design, work and responsibility can be agreed together.
Idea and real need
Clarify whose need the bag answers, together with expectations around use, durability and repairability.
Terms and first sample
Discuss design, fabric, sewing, space, storytelling and logistics together with costs, responsibilities and possible compensation before work begins.
Testing and learning
Test the first sample in real use. The product is not considered open for sale until safety, capacity, delivery and support have been understood.
01Agree the termsWho brings what, what is missing, and how will costs and responsibilities be shared?02Develop a prototypeBring design, materials and production knowledge together in a real sample.03Test and make it visibleRecord real-use learning, product information and the source of each contribution.
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What should an information page show?
Trust in the Store cannot rest on a good story or labels such as ‘natural’, ‘original’ or ‘good learning’ alone. People should understand what information supports each claim and who takes responsibility if something goes wrong.
Who offers what, and through which route?
Show the maker or provider profile, place of work and scope together with the Circle route or application from outside BenBiz. Use only profile information the person chose to share.
Materials or content, work and conditions
For physical goods, explain materials and production steps. For learning and services, explain content, method, duration, competence and contributor roles without disclosing trade secrets or personal data.
Understandable price components
When sales open, keep the total price distinct from the producer or shared-production share, taxes, payment costs, delivery and any Store contribution.
Capacity, delivery or access responsibility
State production capacity and delivery—or for learning and services, schedule, access, support and cancellation terms—before the encounter.
Statement and verification
Distinguish environmental, social, quality and competence claims with clear labels such as ‘provider statement’, ‘document reviewed’ or ‘verified’.
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From today’s preparation to a first sale.
Applications, review and discovery-only publishing are open today. Describing sales or paid access here does not mean those capabilities are complete.
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A member shares a record
An Explorer or circle member records a product, learning or service idea, a real need, a maker or provider application, a setup contribution or a principle proposal in the app.
02
The publishing team reviews the record
The team may ask for more information, identify a pilot candidate, include it in preparation or leave it for a later stage with an explanation.
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Prepare the pilot and information page
Test a physical product through a real sample, and learning or services through their scope, sample content, competence and access terms. A record may enter discovery-only publishing only after identity, scope, conditions, economic boundaries, capacity and the objection route are complete.
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Open limited TRY sales or enrolment separately
Orders or learning enrolment, delivery or access and Turkish-lira payments through an appropriately licensed provider can open only after end-to-end and legal preparation. BenAkçe or BenGram is not an opening requirement.
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Building the Store is itself a shared project.
We aim to develop this area through a solidarity circle. These are potential workstreams, not job vacancies or pay commitments.
Maker and provider relationships
Product, learning and service scope; admission criteria, content and responsible-party communication.
Design and software
An accessible catalogue, open records, order or enrolment tracking and links with the app.
Operations and trust
Payments, delivery or access, returns and cancellation, support, data protection and relevant specialist reviews.
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How do the website, Store and app fit together?
This guide is open to everyone. In the app, an Explorer Member can choose one of five application routes, provide any requested information and follow the outcome.
When a product, learning programme or service needs shared work, a Solidarity Circle supports that work. When the resulting value is ready, the Store can provide visibility and later a route to economic exchange. The Store does not replace circle work or the contribution agreement that must be made beforehand.
Current product, maker and pilot records are at benbiz.store; learning and service records may join them when ready. The project purpose, principles and development notes remain at benbiz.com.tr/store. Orders, enrolment and payments will open separately only when ready.
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Before opening for sales.
A limited, verified starting point
When real makers and prototypes arrive, rebuild the Kurucu Raf examples with responsible parties and support routes under real conditions. A candidate pool is not automatic approval or a public catalogue.
End-to-end testing
Safely test ordering or enrolment, payments, failed transactions, delivery or access, returns and cancellation.
Clear rules
Prepare the terms between makers or providers and community members, financial responsibilities, data use and dispute handling.
FIVE PARTICIPATION ROUTES
You will not only find a finished Store; you can help shape it while it is built.
Explorer Membership is enough; you do not need an active Solidarity Circle or role. Your record remains connected to you, and review questions and the reasoned outcome stay visible in your account.
There are no sales, enrolled learning access, orders or payments today. Submitting a record is not acceptance or a promise of work, pay or income. Kurucu Raf examples become live catalogue records only when real makers and verified information arrive.
