Chairman Aydın Doğan registered with the Mecidiyeköy Tax Office in 1959 and officially commenced business. He founded his first company, within the automotive industry, in 1961. This venture marked the very beginning of Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. Today, Doğan Group is a key component and driving force of the Turkish economy.

Having established strategic alliances with 11 international business concerns, Doğan Group has operations in 18 countries. A model for Turkey in every respect, the Group's first enterprise founded in the 1960s eventually became the country's largest national oil distribution company and its leader in media. Doğan Group provides consumers an extensive range of products and services with almost 25,000 employees and stakeholders at its direct participations, strategic alliances and commercial representative offices.

Doğan Holding employs advanced technology and modern management practices in all facets of its operations. Committed to providing added value to its stakeholders, Doğan Holding adopts best practices in its corporate governance and adheres to ethical values in all its operations.

The core values of innovation, consistency, flexibility, transparency, quality, social responsibility, customer-focus and teamwork together form the basis of Doğan Holding's corporate strategy.

With its outstanding reputation and corporate power, Doğan Holding is a major, and growing, business presence, particularly in its core sectors of energy and media, as well as in its other fields of activity. Doğan Holding also strives to make a real difference in the lives of its customers.

Nine members of the Doğan Group of Companies are listed on the ISE (Istanbul Stock Exchange) National Market.

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