hu Aysal, is the owner and creator of Hotel Les Ottomans, a boutique hotel which opened its doors in 2006 and has since been the recipient of endless accolades. Once a former mansion of an 18th-cen- tury Pasha, the hotel is among the most luxurious hotels in Turkey, and the ten suites and Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa are firmly rooted in the decorative traditions of the Ottoman period. Aysal has been a promi- nent hospitality figure in Turkey since 1985, when she created Club Salmina in Southern Turkey with her husband Unal. Fifteen years later, the pair opened the Ma Biche Hotel, one of the first hotels in Turkey to have a Talassotherapy Center. In 2002, she became the Vice President of their family cooperation, Unit Tourism and Investment Company (Unit Turizm Yatırımları A.Ş.).