Istirati Sabuncakis, who followed the work of these florists, first started to work at one of these shops, in order to learn the technique of growing flowers and selling them. At 1874, using his capital, he opened the first shop in "Hamalbasi Serkis Sokagi", today's Eczacibasi Sokagi No:12. Though, opening the shop was not enough. He had to grow the plants and flowers to be marketed, on his own. For this reason he bought land at Tatavla (that was totally empty land at that time) and constructed his gardens and greenhouses. Istirati Sabuncakis' father Istavro Sabuncakis was proud of his son's attempts and without neglecting his business in Lesbos, he came to Istanbul, in 1890. Meanwhile, Istirati Sabuncakis had developed his business and opened a big branch in Avrupa Pasaji No: 3-5. Istirati Sabuncakis got eleven children and two of them, Yorgi and Konstantin Sabuncakis, developed the floristry business.

Before 1900, they bought the shop at No: "366" today's 304, on Pera and to increase the size of the shop they hired the shops at the entrance of Lorenzo Cikmazi and they became the company with the biggest business and greenhouses in Istanbul. In 1900, Istirati Sabuncakis wrote a book about informations and techniques of growing flowers and plants, and at the same time he published a magazine on floristry. The pilar of the family, Istavro Sabuncakis, died in 1908.

In 1923, after the declaration of the republic, in 1932, the Sabuncakis Company, now famous with all the work that they have done by that time, got the contract for growing plants at the Ankara Çubuk Dam. All this work had been appreciated and with the will of Ataturk, a branch, Sehir Cicek Evi, at Ankara Bankalar Caddesi No: 17, in the name of Sabuncakis ve Ort. Koll. Sti. (Sabuncakis and Partners Coll.Co.) got opened. Yorgi Sabuncakis got four children, Istavro, Istirati, Virginia and Maria. Istavro and Istirati Sabuncakis inclined towards floristry.

In 1961, the grandchild, Istirati Sabuncakis established Istirati Sabuncakis ve Ortagi Koll. Sti. at Kadiköy Muhurdar Caddesi No:23 & 25.

Later, in 1966, they opened a branch in Bakirkoy, in 1970, the companies named Sabu Çiçekçilik Tic. ve San A.S. and Sabas Çiçekçilik Tic A.S. have been established.

In 1973, the Yesilyurt branch, in 1974 Caddebostan and in 1981 the Göztepe branch got opened.

In 1976 the grandson Istirati Sabuncakis founded the "Interflora Association".

Konstantin Sabuncakis died in 1977, his brother Yorgi died two month later in Istanbul. Yorgi Sabuncakis' son, Istavro, the brother of Istirati Sabuncakis, died in 1981.

In 1988, Istirati Sabuncakis established Ritmo Tarim Urunleri Tic. ve San. A.S., in the area of Antalya - Alanya - Alara.

All the companies that have been established and shared by the Sabuncakis family, are still active in Ankara, Istanbul and Antalya.

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