Ciner Group (known as Park Holding until December 1994) is an industrial conglomerate in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

operating in energy, media, and commerce. Via

Ciner Media Group Ciner Media Group (''Ciner Medya Grubu'') is a Turkish media conglomerate established in 2007, part of the Ciner Holding conglomerate. Among other properties it owns the ''Habertürk'' newspaper, Habertürk TV and Habertürk Radyo, and the televis ...

, it owns media properties including the ''

Habertürk ''Habertürk'' (literally: "News Turkish"), abbreviated as ''HT'', was a high-circulation Turkish newspaper. It was established on March 1, 2009 by Ciner Media Group, drawing on the brand of Ciner's Habertürk TV. It ceased publication on 5 Jul ...

'' newspaper and

Habertürk TV Habertürk TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel established in 2001 by Turkish journalist Ufuk Güldemir. It is owned by the Ciner Media Group (since 2007). In 2009 Ciner created the ''Habertürk'' newspaper, drawing on Habertürk TV's brand. ...

. In the energy and mining sector, the company has various coal mines and power plants, and via

Eti Soda The Eti Soda Inc. is a chemical industry company in Ankara Province, Turkey producing natural soda ash and baking soda from trona. It was founded in 1998, and the production started in 2009. The company's main shareholder is Ciner Group. Backgro ...

and

Kazan Soda Elektrik The Kazan Soda Elektrik, full name Kazan Soda Elektrik Üretim A.Ş., is a chemical industry and electric energy company in Ankara Province, Turkey producing natural soda ash and baking soda from trona. The company' is a subsidiary of Ciner Holdi ...

, it controls the world's second largest

trona Trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate dihydrate, also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Na2CO3•2NaHCO3•3H2O) is a non- marine evaporite mineral. It is mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the United States, where it has replace ...

(

soda ash Sodium carbonate, , (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2CO3 and its various hydrates. All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield moderately alkaline solutions ...

) reserves. Its Park Elektrik subsidiary is 35% floated on the

Istanbul Stock Exchange The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) ( tr, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası, IMKB), the Istanbul Gold Exchange ( tr, İstanbul Altın Borsası, İA ...

, as PRKME.Ciner Group
Ciner Group aims at being the biggest group in Turkey and contributes to the economical, social and cultural development and future of Turkey.
/ref> Ciner's

asphaltite Asphaltite (also known as uintahite, asphaltum, gilsonite or oil sands) is a naturally occurring soluble solid hydrocarbon, a form of asphalt (or bitumen) with a relatively high melting temperature. Its large-scale production occurs in the Uintah ...

and

lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

mines and power stations are operated via various subsidiaries, including Silopi Elektrik. Ciner is on the Global Coal Exit List.

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* {{official, cinergroup.com.tr/en Coal companies of Turkey Electric power companies of Turkey Holding companies established in 1978 Turkish companies established in 1978 Energy companies established in 1978

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