Çukurova Holding, established in 1923, is an industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey. It is engaged in a range of sectors such as

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and IT,

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and

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/ref> Çukurova Holding managed its newspapers, magazines and radio stations under TurkMedya, in the

Çukurova Media Group Çukurova Media Group (''Çukurova Medya Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate established, part of the Çukurova Holding conglomerate. On 18 May 2013 it transferred a substantial number of its properties to the state TMSF, in partial settle ...

, but transferred most remaining media assets to the state

TMSF The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey ( tr, Tasarruf Mevduatı Sigorta Fonu), a.k.a. TMSF in abbreviated form, is the governing body concerned with matters of fund management and insurance in the Turkish banking system. The body was found ...

in 2013, in settlement of a tax debt. Çukurova has been involved in litigation since 2005 over part-ownership of

Turkcell Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (''lit. Turkcell Communication Services'') (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39,3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number of ...

Media

On 18 May 2013

transferred a substantial number of its properties to the state

, in partial settlement of a tax debt. With various media properties closed down in previous years, it leaves Çukurova with few media assets.

Digital TV broadcasting and services

Digiturk was incorporated as a digital platform in May, 1999. Digiturk purchases, produces and packages Turkish content. The company also produces television movies and series for Turkmax and owns the rights to most of these productions. Digiturk provides its viewers with services such as Digiturk Mobil TV and Digiturk Web TV. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cukurova Group. Cukurova provides technical broadcast infrastructure services for Show TV and other Cukurova Media Enterprises through Eksen. It also owns and operates Mepas as a media sales house in Turkey. Zedpas is another media marketing company for Show TV and ATV.

Automotive

Çukurova owned BMC, one of Turkey's largest vehicle manufacturers, for 24 years. The company was established in 1964 in partnership with the

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, and was fully acquired by Çukurova in 1989. In 2013 BMC was passed to the

in settlement of tax debts owed to the Turkish government. Maysan Mando is a vehicle parts manufacturer established in 1969. It became a joint venture with the South Korean

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in 1997.Maysan Mando
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Construction

Construction and construction machinery (Cukurova Insaat Makinalari, Cukurova Ithalat, Cukurova Ziraat and Cukurova Makina Imalat),

Other sectors

The Cukurova Group also operates in 4 other sectors: * chemicals (Cukurova Kimya and Daussan Cukurova Kimaya), * paper (Atkasan, Kaplamin, Ova Sca Packaging, Sca Packaging and Selkasan), * steel pipe manufacturing (Noksel) and * textiles (Cukurova Sanayi Isletmeleri).

Former assets

Pamukbank Pamukbank T.A.Ş. is a defunct Turkish bank. Founded in 1955 as a privately owned deposit bank, it was taken over by the government's TMSF in 2002, because of a $2.5bn capital shortfall, and merged into Halkbank in November 2004.Turkish Banks Ass ...

(taken over by the government's

in 2002) * Yapı ve Kredi Bankası (sold in 2005)

References

External links

www.cukurovaholding.com.tr
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