Ahmet Çalık is a Turkish businessman who is the chairman of

Çalık Holding Çalık Holding is a Turkish company that has been operating in the energy, construction, mining, textile, finance, and telecom sectors since the 1980s. Founder and chairman Ahmet Çalık began his business career in the textile industry, foundi ...

. He was made a government minister in

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by Saparmurat Niyazov. He is married with four children and lives in Istanbul. According to ''

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'', his fortune amounts to $1.34 billion in 2018. His name is in the

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for trading with four off-shore companies. Also, he has a sign in one of documents for one of the companies which reveals his relation with the tax haven.

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Living people Turkish businesspeople Turkish billionaires Turkish mass media owners 1958 births {{Europe-business-bio-stub

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