Private company

Doğan Holding Company

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Turkish conglomerate

Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. or simply Doğan Holding, is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. It was founded by Aydın Doğan in 1959 and established its first company in the automotive sector in 1961, and was reorganized as a holding company in 1980. Today, Doğan Holding operates across multiple industries, including Electricity generation, energy, iron and steel industry, mining, automotive, finance, investment, real estate, and entertainment sectors.2 It employed about 16,500 people.1 Its revenue was $1.3 billion.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 22, 1980Founded1

Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. or simply Doğan Holding, is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. It was founded by Aydın Doğan in 1959 and established its first company in the automotive sector in 1961, and was reorganized as a holding company in 1980. Today, Doğan Holding operates across multiple industries, including Electricity generation, energy, iron and steel industry, mining, automotive, finance, investment, real estate, and entertainment sectors.2

Corporate structure

Doğan Holding Company sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Doğan Holding Company İstanbul
    • Mixx TV 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.

The story

Founded by Aydın Doğan on Sep 22, 1980, in Istanbul.1

The Aydın Doğan Foundation was established in 1996 by Honorary Chairman Aydın Doğan and Honorary Vice Chairman Sema Doğan.

Founded with the aim of education and equal opportunities for girls, the foundation organizes education, culture-arts, and sports events such as the Aydın Doğan Award, Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition, and Turkish Journalists’ Association Aydın Doğan Young Communicators Competition.

Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ serves as the Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

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Leadership

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

Products and brands

Automotive Trade & Marketing

Doğan Trend Otomotiv

Rightful Women Platform

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, who is a founding partner, established the Rightful Women Platform together with nearly 40 women's organizations. With the 'One Voice for Women' organization, which brings together female members of parliament and candidates, as well as civil society organizations, business representatives, and related opinion leaders, programs were organized to seek solutions to eliminate gender inequality and all kinds of discrimination against women in Turkey through women's solidarity.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Mixx TV

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Acquisitions

1976, Otokar joined Doğan Holding. In 1999, Otokar shares were transferred.

Milliyet newspaper, which joined Doğan Holding in 1979, and Vatan newspaper, which joined the group in 2008, were sold to Demirören Holding in 2011.

Milpa, acquired in 1984, was sold to Re-Pie Portfolio Management Inc. in 2023.

The majority shares of Ditaş, which joined the holding in 1990, were sold to BDY Group Construction Inc. in 2025.

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The sale of shares of Alternatif Bank, founded in 1991, was completed in 2016.

The majority shares of Dış Bank, which joined Doğan Holding in 1994, were transferred to Fortis Bank NV-SA.

The sale of Çelik Halat, which joined Doğan Holding group companies in 1997, was completed in 2022.

Doğan Burda, launched in 1998 as a partnership between Doğan Holding and German Hubert Burda Media group.

Petrol Ofisi, purchased in 2000, was sold to Austrian OMV Group in 2010.

Star TV, acquired in 2005, was sold in 2011.

It became a partner in Boyabat HES in 2007, and all shares were sold in 2025.

2010, it sold its 54.14% stake in Petrol Ofisi to Austrian company OMV.

2011, it sold its shares in Ray Sigorta A.Ş. capital to Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) and TBIH Financial Services Group N.V.

2013, Idefix and Prefix were purchased by Doğan Music. Then in 2018, these brands were sold together with D&R to Turkuvaz Media Group.

2018, most of Doğan Holding's media organizations, including the digital platform D-Smart, which began operations in 2007, Hürriyet newspaper, Milliyet newspaper, Posta newspaper, Fanatik newspaper, Vatan newspaper, CNN Türk, Kanal D, Cartoon Network, Dream TV, Dream Türk, teve2, Boomerang, and radio channels, were sold to Demirören Holding.

2020, it purchased SESA Packaging.

2022, Profil Industry, PRS, 3S Kalıp, Maksipak Packaging, Karel, and Daiichi joined Doğan Holding.

2023, Aytemiz was sold to PSCJ Tatneft.

2024, Doğan Holding sold the remaining 40% stake in DMC to Believe International, which had purchased 60% majority stake in DMC in 2020 and expressed its intention to exercise its purchase option after this initial transaction.

2024, Doğan Burda Magazine Group, established on July 21, 1988, as a partnership between Doğan Holding and German Hubert Burda group, was sold to Re-Pie Portfolio Management Group.

2025, the transfer of Ditaş shares owned by Doğan Holding to BDY Group was completed.

2025, 360 Health was sold to Medila GSYF under the APY Ventures umbrella.

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Timeline

  1. Sep 22, 1980Founded Founded in Istanbul1

Sources

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