Artvin sits in northeastern Turkey, in the Eastern Black Sea region, along the deep valley of the Çoruh River. To the east lies Ardahan, to the south Erzurum, to the west Rize; to the north, the Georgian border and a short stretch of Black Sea coast. About 55% of its land is forest — among the densest forest covers in Turkey.

The Kaçkar (3,937 m) and Karçal (3,428 m) mountains join the deep gorges of the Çoruh to form a steep geography. Outside the plains of Arhavi and Hopa there is almost no flat land. This landscape shapes character: patient, measured, true to one's word.

Çifteköprü is a mountain village by the Çhala stream, in the district of Borçka. It is one of five villages in the Çhala valley. The name comes from the Laz word Jurhinci, meaning "two bridges". Mustafa Egemen Şener was born here on 28 May 1968.

The Çhala joins the Çoruh and links the villages along the valley. Water, stone and bridge here are not only infrastructure — they are a measure of time and a symbol of the kept word.

The region's bridges carry the mark of Eastern Black Sea stone craft. Near Ortacalar in Arhavi, two adjacent 18th-century arch bridges — over the Kamilet and Soğucak streams — are known as the Double Bridge (Çifte Köprü). Built of cut stone and restored in 2003, they rank among Turkey's most impressive bridges.

In Borçka, a 1930 steel arch bridge from Czechoslovakia's Škoda works spans the Çoruh — 113 metres across, built with rivets and no concrete. It is the emblem of Borçka.

Borçka is the Artvin district that opens onto the Çoruh valley; the village of Çifteköprü belongs to it. Settled among mountains and river bends, it is where nature and trade routes meet — and where the Şener family's roots lie.

The steel bridge over the Çoruh has linked both banks of the valley since 1930.

Hopa is Artvin's gateway to the Black Sea — one of the rare plains in the province, where mountain and sea meet. The road from inland Artvin reaches the water here.

Artvin's lands carry layers from Hurrians and Urartians to Georgian, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman eras. Georgians, Hemshin, Turks and Laz form a multilingual, multicultural heritage at the crossroads of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Black Sea.

In the family that came from this village, the father was a respected farmer; the mother came from a rooted Laz family. Early mornings in the field and the weight of a kept word at the table shaped character. In Artvin, land is not only livelihood — it is a measure of time.

Leaving for Istanbul after middle school opened the second act. The path to international investment feeds from the same root: respect for land, a kept word, assets built for a long horizon.