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Sena Nur Yıldırım, Founder of Seyyar Dükkan

"My name is Sena. I'm a 20 year old with dreams. Seyyar Dukkan is a second-hand clothing brand. I built my studio with wooden sticks and a ladder on my terrace. My family and friends didn't take it seriously till I started to get attention. As always, some people weren’t into it, to them second hand clothing is second hand and just low. Something to be ashamed of. Talking to those kind of people weren't easy, especially with social media. But social media also worked to my benefit.

Seyyar Dukkan was a small step, taken by a small girl (me!) When she noticed she had more clothes than she needs, she understood that things needed to change. This mindset led her into minimalism and Seyyar Dukkan was born.

I realized that less was actually more, I started to ask friends around me how important clothes were to them. Is it a shirt you need or is it 'that shirt' you need?
"A gorgeous skirt which I really like, but don't need, can't take me to a city worth seeing, or it can't be a companion, like books. We don't need every clothing item we see. What the would really needs is to see, learn, explore the world. We need to understand each other. It’s all about your mindset. I make mistakes and I'll continue to do so. I’ve learnt already that each mistake makes me stronger, and more experienced.

Do everything you want to as a business. Don't dream about the job, you can rest when you are retired! Find something that that you enjoy doing.
Water the plants in your mind."

-Sena Nur Yıldırım, Founder of Seyyar Dükkan



"Seyyar dükkan minik bir kızın değişimi için attığı ilk adımdır. Dolabının karşısına geçip üç köyün ahalisini giydirecek kıyafet olduğunu gördüğünde bir şeyler yapması gerektiğini anlayan Sena, minimalizm, azla yetinmek veya adına her ne deniliyorsa bu yolculuğa baş koydu. Sadeleşme ihtiyacını, maddi bağımsızlık isteğini ve hobilerini birleştirdiğinde ortaya Seyyar Dükkan çıktı. İkinci el ürünler ve sade yaşam sohbetleri ile başlayıp çocukluğumuzda olduğu gibi artık bize olmayan parçaları ihtiyacı olan bir başkasının dolabına sektirmeye başladık.

Artık daha fazlanın her zaman daha iyi olamayacağını biliyorum. Azın ne kadar çok olabileceğini öğrendiğimden beri herkesi ‘ihtiyaç’larını sorgulamaya davet ediyorum. İhtiyacımız olan bir gömlek mi yoksa ötekinin giydiği marka gömlek mi? İkinci seçeneğe yakın hissediyorsanız hemen elinizdeki gömleği bir görevliye teslim edip uzaklaşmanızı tavsiye ederim.
İhtiyacım olmayan ama çok güzel olan bir etek, gezmek istediğim bir şehre beni götüremiyor. Bana aynı parayla alabileceğim kitaplar kadar iyi yarenlik edemiyor.
Sahiden ihtiyacımız olanı size söyleyeyim. İhtiyacımız olan gezmek, görmek, öğrenmek, ötekini anlamak, ötekinden evvel kendimizi anlamak.

Ben bu işe başlarken evimin terasında tahta parçaları ve merdivenden iskele ile stüdyo kurarak başladım. Ailem ve arkadaşlarım yaptığım şey başarılı olana kadar beni ciddiye almadılar. İkinci el kıyafetleri sevenleri hor görenler epey yolumu kestiler. Sosyal medyada sürekli fikir beyan etme hastalığına kapılmış birtakım insanlara laf anlatmak kolay olmadı. İkinci elin düşkünlük belirtisi olmadığını anlatmak ve bu kültüre alıştırmak da oldukça zor idi. Sadece hiçbir şeyle yatışmayan yürek telaşı sizi istediğiniz yere götürüyor.

Ben Sena, 20 yaşındayım ve hayallerim var. Bizden biriyim. Merakım ve öğrenme açlığım beni sürekli deneme yanılma yoluna götürüyor. Hatalar yapıyorum ve bir sonraki hataya hazırlanıyorum. Her seferinde daha çok tecrübe kazanıp daha çok büyüyorum. 
Hiçbir mukayeseye gerek duymadan yapabileceğinizi bildiğiniz her işe girin ve öğrenin. Emekli olunca yatıp dinlenmeyi hayal ettiren işi değil, çalışırken de dinlendiren işi bulmanın önemi çok büyük. 
Zihninizdeki ağaçları sulamayı unutmayın."

-Sena Nur Yıldırım, Seyyar Dükkan'ın kurucusu.

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