Büşra Karasoy is a 31-year-old chef, born in Istanbul with roots in Hatay. She graduated from Topkapı University’s Culinary Program in 2016. She specializes in Turkish cuisine and has expertise in Italian, Spanish, and Mexican cuisines as well. Her greatest passion lies in reinterpreting traditional Turkish dishes with modern touches and blending them with flavors from other culinary traditions to create unique experiences. Chef Büşra Karasoy shares her culinary journey with guests at Yazz.
Busra Karasoy
Chef
Mariia was born in Kazakhstan in 1993 and moved to Odessa, Ukraine where she studied at the Maritime College. Shortly after her graduation she chose to proceed with her maritime career and joined a private 85 meter motor yacht as an assistant service stewardess. She gradually grew into the role to become Second service stewardess which position she held for 6 years. Mariia has excellent serving skills, confidence in cocktail and beverage making, wine pairing.
Marias Tsykunova
Stewardess
Captain Mehmet is 55 years old, born in Trabzon. His passion for maritime has been a part of his life since his childhood. Mehmet Kambay, who also stepped into fishing and maritime, grew up surrounded by the sea. He received his professional license in 1992 and started working in the maritime field. He is an expert in boat management and training sailors. He also has knowledge and skills as a yacht expert in yacht maintenance and repair works. He has been working as captain for 16 years and he continues his successful career as the captain of team YAZZ.
Mehmet Kanbay
Captain
Sydney age 38, born in Australia discovered a passion for sailing at an early age started with racing Optimists and advancing to coaching on Lasers. A graduate in IT Engineering, Sidney brings a unique blend of technical and hands-on experience across a variety of vessels’from nimble day boats to luxurious superyachts. An avid scuba diver and devoted explorer of the Mediterranean, Sidney continues to make waves in the yachting world with a commitment to excellence and delivering exeptional experiences on board.
Sydney Yilmaz
First Officer
Gökay Kızılok was born in Istanbul, he is 37 years old. He took the first step towards becoming a sailor with the fishing experience he gained in his childhood. He started his professional yachting career as a sailor in 2008 and has been working as a first officer since 2013. He has improved himself with the experiences he has gained at sea over many years and is also experienced in water sports. He continues his successful career as the first officer of YAZZ.
Gokay Kizilok
First Officer
Mehmet Şark is 54 years old and was born in Istanbul. He started his career in the maritime sector in 1987 on international commercial ships and gained experience in this field by working in seas and ports all over the world. He worked as a machinist on boats for 10 years, starting from 1992. He then switched to yachts in 1997. Throughout his career at sea, he gained extensive knowledge in yachting as well as in technical maintenance and repair works. Mehmet speaks Turkish and English.
Mehmet Sark
Engineer
Mustafa Gökboğa is 49 years old and was born at Doğu Bayazıt. He started working in the Industry from an early age. Mustafa Chef, who clİmbed the career ladder one by one, worked as a chef at many restaurants and boats, such as Izmir Liman Restaurant, Alaçatı 11, Villa Sunset to name a few. He masters in Italian cuisine and world cuisine. Cooking and food presentation is an art for Chef Mustafa and this is the basis of his success in his career. Mustafa speaks Turkish and English.
Mustafa Gokboga
Chef
Violetta Kuznetsova, 37 years old and was born An Russia. She graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University. After working as a teacher for a while, she moved to the service sector. She also has experience in International sports events. She started her maritime career with the professional yacht stewardess certificate which she completed in 2018. She speaks Turkish, English, French and Russian. She continues her maritime career working as a stewardess in the team of YAZZ.
Violetta Kuznetsova
Stewardess
Svitlana But is 31 years old and was born in Ukraine. She graduated from the Department of History Teaching at Sumy State Pedagogical University. She first focused on his career as a teacher of history. She has a wandering spirit and loves exploring different cultures and countries. This interest gave rise to her interest in maritime. She started maritime career in 2022 and now she contnues her career as a stewardess aboard YAZZ. Svitlana speaks Turkish, English, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
Svitlana But
Stewardess
Necati Üveyz Colak is 35 years old and was born in Trabzon. He started his professional career on commercial ships in 2010. He later switched to a career in yachting and sailing. Necati's passion is sailing and long-distance cruising. He loves swimming and long nature walks as hobbies in his spare time. He continues his professional career as a deckhand aboard YAZZ.
Necati Üveyz
Deckhand