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Demirören Group

Logo: Demirören Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Turkish conglomerate company

Demirören Group is a Turkish conglomerate company. Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 9% share of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Taksim Square, as well as several newspapers, television and radio stations, and also a subscription-based streaming service called D-Smart Go. Demirören also handles the licensing and distribution of Turkish Warner Bros. Discovery channels: Cartoon Network and CNN Türk.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1956Founded1
  • Industryenergy sector, industry, media industry, tourism1
  • HeadquartersIstanbul1
  • Founded inİstanbul1
  • Websitewww.demiroren.com

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Demirören Group is a Turkish conglomerate company. Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 9% share of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Taksim Square, as well as several newspapers, television and radio stations, and also a subscription-based streaming service called D-Smart Go. Demirören also handles the licensing and distribution of Turkish Warner Bros. Discovery channels: Cartoon Network and CNN Türk. All shares of the Demirören Group are owned by the Demirören family, who have close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and are also active in the energy, mining, and construction sectors.2

Corporate structure

Demirören Group sits at the top of its group. 9 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Demirören Group Istanbul
    • Demirören News Agency Subsidiary · Istanbul
    • CNN Türk Subsidiary · United States
    • Dream TV Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Dream Türk Subsidiary · Turkey
    • Kanal D Subsidiary · Bucharest, Romania
    • Milangaz Subsidiary · Turkey
    • TAY TV Subsidiary · Turkey
    • teve2 Subsidiary · Turkey

Built from 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 Demirören Group 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

Demirören acquired the newspapers Milliyet and Vatan in May 2011. In 2018, the holding bought the newspaper Hürriyet, Posta and the TV channels Kanal D, CNN Türk, and D-Smart and all other media properties of Doğan Media Group, with the ехception of Kanal D Romania Slow Türk and Dream Türk Radio Dream FM.

Following the death of Erdoğan Demirören, President Erdoğan visited the family to extend his condolences. The family is generally seen as being supportive of President Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party.

In February 2021, the company took over Azerbaijan's lottery company ''Azerlotereya''.

From Wikipedia’s article on Demirören Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • CNN Türk
  • Dream TV
  • Dream Türk
  • Kanal D
  • Milangaz
  • TAY TV
  • teve2

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1956Founded Founded in İstanbul1

Sources

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