Işıklar Holding

Işıklar Holding A.Ş. is a Turkish holding company. Its founder, Turgut Işık, was born in Bartın in 1932 and in 1974 gathered all his companies under the roof of Işıklar Holding A.Ş. Today the group is described as containing 15 companies, two of which are publicly traded, spanning areas from industry to energy production and from contracting to real estate development. The group's companies listed on its website include Işıklar Tuğla, Işıklar Ambalaj, Akias, Al-Shimalia Co., Işıklar Enerji, Yapı Holding, Metemteks, BND Enerji, Öz Işık, Çemaş, Çimtek, Sif Otomotiv, Işıklar Software & Technology, Elen Hunting, Işıklar Turizm ve Filo İşletmeciliği and Işıklar Real Estate.

The founder of Işıklar Holding A.Ş., Turgut Işık, was born in Bartın in 1932. After completing his primary and secondary education in Bartın, he worked for a time in his grandfather's and father's firms, and in 1952 he founded Işıklar Kollektif Şirketi together with his father Ali Rıza Işık. In 1959, following his father's death, Turgut Işık took over the business; in 1964 he founded Işıklar Limited Şirketi with the duo Sezai Türkeş – Fevzi Akkaya, and converting this company, which had long operated as a sales company, into an incorporated company, he entered industry together with the Işıklar Bartın Tuğla factory. Between 1970 and 1981, Turgut Işık successively founded and put into operation the Baksan Bartın Kağıt, Işıklar Bartın Tuğla, Meytaş Kireç and Çumra Kağıt Torba factories. In 1976, companies including Işıklar Denizcilik, Bargem, Bartaş, Bartın Gemi and Barden were established. In 1974, in order to ensure the continuity of his enterprises, he gathered all his companies under the roof of Işıklar Holding A.Ş. Today the group is described as containing 15 companies, two of which are publicly traded, spanning from industry to energy production and from contracting to real estate development.

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