Divan Group is a hotel group based in

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

; its flagship is the

Divan Istanbul The Divan Istanbul ( tr, Divan İstanbul) is a five star hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located next to Taksim Gezi Park in Elmadağ, Şişli, in walking distance from Taksim Square. Opened in 1956, it is the flagship of the Divan Group hotel ...

next to Taksim Gezi Park. Founded in 1956, it is part of the

Koç family The Koç family is a Turkish family of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest self-made people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey's largest group of companies, Koç Holding, ...

Koç Holding Koç Holding A.Ş. () is the largest industrial conglomerate in Turkey, and the only company in the country to be listed on the Fortune Global 500 as of 2016. The company, headquartered in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul, is controlled by the Koç family, ...

(2011)
Koç Holding Annual Report 2011
p69 In 2015 the Group had 15 hotels in Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with 6 more hotels in pipeline and plans to expand overseas to locations including

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

and

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. Hurriyet Daily News, 23 February 2012
Local chain to open hotels in Britain, US
/ref> It is affiliated to the

Preferred Hotel Group Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain, representing more than 650 independent hotels, resorts, and residences, across 85 countries. The company's corporate headquarters is situated in Newport Beach, California. It does not own, operate, ...

. The Group also includes Divan Residence (apartment management) and Divan Patisseries.

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{{Koç family Hotel chains in Turkey Hospitality companies established in 1956 Companies based in Istanbul Turkish brands Koç family Şişli Turkish companies established in 1956