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Çukurova Holding

Logo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey

Çukurova Holding, established in 1923, is an industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey. It is engaged in a range of sectors such as industrial, construction, communication and IT, media, transportation, financial services and energy. Çukurova Holding managed its newspapers, magazines and radio stations under TurkMedya, in the Çukurova Media Group, but transferred most remaining media assets to the state TMSF in 2013, in settlement of a tax debt. Çukurova has been involved in litigation since 2005 over part-ownership of Turkcell.2 It was founded by Hasan Karamehmet and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1923Founded1

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Çukurova Holding, established in 1923, is an industrial and commercial conglomerate based in Turkey. It is engaged in a range of sectors such as industrial, construction, communication and IT, media, transportation, financial services and energy. Çukurova Holding managed its newspapers, magazines and radio stations under TurkMedya, in the Çukurova Media Group, but transferred most remaining media assets to the state TMSF in 2013, in settlement of a tax debt. Çukurova has been involved in litigation since 2005 over part-ownership of Turkcell.2

Corporate structure

Çukurova Holding sits at the top of its group. 141 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Çukurova Holding Istanbul
    • Yapı ve Kredi Bankası Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
      • Yapi Kredi Culture Art Publishing Inc. Subsidiary · Beyoğlu, Turkey
      • Yapi Kredi Bank Nederland N.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • Yapi Kredi Holding B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • YAPI KREDİ FAKTORİNG ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
      • YAPI KREDİ FİNANSAL KİRALAMA ANONİM ORTAKLIĞI Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
      • YAPI KREDİ YATIRIM MENKUL DEĞERLER ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
        • YAPI KREDİ PORTFÖY YÖNETİMİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
          • 123 more
      • YKK Research Library Subsidiary · Beyoğlu, Turkey
    • Çukurova Subsidiary · Istanbul
    • 360 Subsidiary · Turkey
    • ComedyMax Subsidiary · Turkey
    • DiziMax More Subsidiary · Turkey
    • JOJO Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Showmax Subsidiary · Turkey
    • SporMax Subsidiary · Istanbul, Turkey

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Çukurova Holding reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Hasan Karamehmet and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet in 1923.1

Leadership

Who has led Çukurova Holding, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Digiturk was incorporated as a digital platform in May 1999. Digiturk purchases, produces and packages Turkish content. The company also produces television movies and series for Turkmax and owns the rights to most of these productions. Digiturk provides its viewers with services such as Digiturk Mobil TV and Digiturk Web TV. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cukurova Group.

Cukurova provides technical broadcast infrastructure services for Show TV and other Cukurova Media Enterprises through Eksen. It also owns and operates Mepas as a media sales house in Turkey. Zedpas is another media marketing company for Show TV and ATV.

From Wikipedia’s article on Çukurova Holding, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • 360
  • ComedyMax
  • DiziMax More
  • JOJO
  • Showmax
  • SporMax

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1923Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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