Tuğrul Çirakoğlu as a speaker

Expert, Writer / Author

1 hour

NL, EN

Success,
Entrepreneurship,
Identity / Brand,
Diversity / Inclusion

Inspire,
Motivate,
Inform

When he receives a standard rejection on every cover letter after graduation, Tugrul Çirakoglu decides to start his own business. His company, Freshcat, initially focuses on cleaning after house parties, but soon he seeks bigger challenges. He finds those in cleaning after extreme and exceptional circumstances, such as a suicide, heavy contamination from neglect and body discovery.

By now Tuğrul is known as the best cleaner in the world. He has nearly a decade of experience as an entrepreneur and specialist cleaner. Tugrul speaks with regularity about the sadness, misery and loneliness he encounters and emphasizes how important it is in our society to keep a closer eye on and care for each other.

Tuğrul Çirakoğlu (Amsterdam, April 17, 1990) is a Dutch entrepreneur, columnist, writer, speaker and vlogger of Turkish descent. He is currently director of Frisse Kater BV and lives and works in Amsterdam. Tuğrul was a columnist for Het Parool from January 2021 to December 2022 with a weekly column in PS Het Parool.

Çirakoğlu lived abroad for several years during his studies. After completing his studies, he founded his company "Fresh Hangover" in September 2014. His company initially focused on cleaning after house parties combined with a fresh breakfast. In the summer of 2016, he made a switch from party cleaning to crime scene cleaning. Since then, Çirakoğlu has devoted himself entirely to cleaning extreme and exceptional situations.

On September 10, 2020, the first episode (The Cleaning Turk) of his 4-part docu-series "Not Normally Dirty: The World of Cleaner Tuğrul" was released on NPO3. The documentary received many good reviews. Çirakoğlu was offered a book deal with A.W. Bruna publishers partly because of the documentary. On March 8, 2022, his first book was published: Clean Enough: The Hidden World Behind Cleaning Extreme Situations in which Çirakoğlu delves deeper into the stories behind the locations he cleans up.

On April 6, 2022, the first of four episodes (Everything Dead Can Go) of the second season of his docu-series "Not Normally Dirty: The World of Cleaner Tuğrul" aired.

In addition to being an entrepreneur and writer, Çirakoğlu is also a vlogger. Through his YouTube channel and TikTok account, he shares videos about his work with which he generates tens of millions of views annually. Çirakoğlu can regularly be seen and heard on television and radio, talking about the things he experiences while working.

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