The founder of Çiya, Musa Daðdeviren, was born in 1960, in Nizip, Gaziantep / Turkey. He started his professional life as a specialist on baking. Between 1987 and 1998 he worked as a cook himself with some precious kebap and lahmacun chefs. Baking was a profession inherited from his mother's family, too. His grandfather Kurt Ali the breadmaker, was a very respected baker considered a master at his job. His maternal uncles Ammi Mýndýk, Recep Açýkgöz, Aða Ýsmet, Saðýr Nazif, Ali Açýkgöz are among the well-known cooks of the region
