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| Company type | Public |
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| BİST:DOHOL | |
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| Founded | September 22, 1980; 45 years ago (1980-09-22), inIstanbul |
| Founder | Aydın Doğan |
| Headquarters | Istanbul |
Key people | Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı (chairwoman)[1] İmre Barmanbek (Deputy chairperson) Ragıp Nebil İlseven (Deputy chairperson & CEO) |
| Revenue |  US$ 1.8 billion (2016) |
| US$ 310.2 million (2016) | |
Number of employees | 8,649 |
Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. is amongst the biggest conglomerates in Turkey operating in the energy, media, industry, trade, insurance and tourism industries. Founded byAydın Doğan who still is a major shareholder, the company is led by his daughter Begümhan Doğan Faralyalı. The main operating activity of the Holding is to invest in various sectors via associates, to provide all necessary support to its subsidiaries and joint ventures in order to develop their activities.[2]
Doğan Trend: Distributor and retailer of prominent cars, motorcycles, outboard marine engines & electrified mobility brands. The group also offers operational leasing, new & used car sales as well as servicing operations.
Brands represented by Dogan Trend as of 2022 November:
The company operates with more than 70 dealers & service points across country.
| Company type | Anonim Şirket |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing,Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Defunct | 2014 (2014) |
| Fate | Merged with Doğan Holding |
| Headquarters | Kısıklı,Üsküdar,Istanbul,Turkey |
Area served | Turkey |
| Website | dyh.com.tr |
Doğan Media Group (Turkish:Doğan Yayın Holding A.Ş.) was a Turkishmedia conglomerate, part of the Doğan Holding conglomerate. The company was established in 1997 to bring together Doğan's media properties. These include thePosta,Hürriyet (includingFanatik), andRadikal newspapers, the television channelsKanal D andCNN Türk, and theDoğan News Agency. It also operatedDoğan Kitap, a major book publisher, andDoğan Music Company, a major music label. Doğan also operated print facilities and media distribution, for other newspapers and magazines as well as its own.[3]
From 1979 to 2011, Doğan Media Group ownedMilliyet andVatan.[citation needed]
In August 2014, Doğan Holding announced its plan to take over Doğan Media Group with all its assets and liabilities and absorb it.[4] The takeover was completed on 26 August 2014 and Doğan Media Group was dissolved.[5] Doğan Holding chairperson Begüm Faralyalı said the merger would lead to a 'more simple management'.[6]
On 22 March 2018, Doğan Holding announced to KAP of their intentions to sell their media division toDemirören Group for $1.1 billion price.[7][8] The sale has been criticized due to Demirören Group's close ties with the government.[9][10] On April 5, 2018, the division was sold to Demirören group.[11]
On Sept 3, 1998, thePetrol Ofisi (POAS) privatization tender ended with Akmaya-Orteks Group offering US$1.160 billion,Doğuş Holding-Garanti Bank USD 1.150 billion,Türkiye İş Bankası-Bayindir Holding-Park Holding-PUIS Grubu USD 1.110 billion.
ThePrivatization Board of Turkey however preferred Türkiye İş Bankası-Bayindir Holding-Park Holding-PUIS consortium. This was later cancelled by the court and Dogan Holding won the next bidding process. The case involved serious corruption allegations, with then-Vice Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz and then-State Minister Isin Celebi accused of abuse of power andAydın Doğan of manipulating the public opinion through his media network.
On Sept 8, 2009, Dogan Yayin said tax authorities wanted companies it controls to pay a total of TL3.76bn ($2.5bn) in unpaid taxes and penalties – equivalent to more than four-fifths of the combined market value of Dogan Holding and Dogan Yayin. The fine was issued after an earlier tax penalty of more than $500 million was leveled against the group in February for tax irregularities connected to the sale of a 25 percent stake in its television unit to German publisherAxel Springer SE.
Three weeks later, Turkey's largest media group Dogan Yayin said it was officially notified of an increase in a tax fine to 4.8 billion lira ($3.22 billion). The Halkali Tax Office had sent notifications to Dogan Yayin, stating movable and immovable properties provided as a guarantee by the firm could be sold at the end of the legal process.
Some said that the tax fraud charges were an effort to censor criticism ofRecep Tayyip Erdoğan.[12][13]
Dogan's financial specialists and attorneys reclaimed their case file a number of times to ensure that it would not be put into the electronic distribution system to determine which court the case will be heard in. According to claims, Dogan's financial experts spent eight hours in the Tax Court on October 2, 2009, to ensure their case was handed over to a specific preferred court.
On September 28, 2009, Turkey'sCapital Markets Board SPK, accusedAydın Doğan, Imre Barmanbek,Hanzade Doğan Boyner and Ali Riza Temuroglu for deliberately causing financial losses to Hurriyet Gazetecilik and Dogan Gazetecilik. It claimed that Dogan Holding purchased paper and publishing supplies at higher producer/seller unit prices fromoffshore companies—Sortal Trading Company Limited and Shawcliff Trading Limited—instead of direct producers. This, the SPK contends, cost Hurriyet Gazetecilik and Dogan Gazetecilik TL 33.12 million (US$22.19 million), excluding the interest. The SPK reported that it would take the case to court.
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