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Kale Group

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Turkish holding company

Kale Group (Turkish: Kale Grubu) is a Turkish industrial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul. Established in 1956, the company's primary activities are in the ceramics, building chemicals, logistics, defense and aviation industries as of 2015.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Kale Group (Turkish: Kale Grubu) is a Turkish industrial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul. Established in 1956, the company's primary activities are in the ceramics, building chemicals, logistics, defense and aviation industries as of 2015.2

The story

The company was founded by İbrahim Bodur (1928–2016) in 1956 to produce ceramics. In later years, the company entered in metal tools industry in 1969, chemical products industry in 1975, equipment trading in 1978, hardware, machinery and power tools trading, and defense industry. It has many more smaller companies, especially in service sector.

The holding company's headquarters is located in a building located on the Büyükdere Avenue in Levent neighborhood of Beşiktaş district at Istanbul. The company has been chaired by CEO is Zeynep Bodur Okyay (born 1964) since 2007, the daughter of the founder İbrahim Bodur.

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Products and brands

"Kale Hırdavat ve Makina A.Ş. (Kale Hardware and Machinery Inc.") was established to supply hardware, machinery and power tools.

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

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