Güler Sabancı, the chair of the board of Sabancı Holding, says: “A new era is starting in Turkey.” She says that in this era Sabancı will grow rapidly. “We grew 20 percent in 2005 and we shall achi...
Competition is increasing, new players are entering every field. A new era is beginning in the world of business as the result of low-inflation and falling prices. In such an environment it is thos...
Anadolu Group Automotive Group President Metin Ecevit’s expectations for 2006 are not very optimistic. “I don’t think the market will grow,” he says. “It may even contract by 5-10 percent.” Then he...
There are tens of producers in the poultry sector in Turkey. Moreover, the sector is currently suffering from excess capacity. But, even so, there are also some striking examples of companies which...
Since it was privatised Petrol Ofisi, which is currently the largest private sector company in Turkey, has undergone a transformation. Following the appointment of Jan Nahum as its new general mana...
Henkel is one of the world’s chemical giants. It has been active in Turkey for 50 years. It has an annual turnover of €250 million with brands such as Persil, Tursil, Vernel, Pritt, Fa and Dixi. Er...
Ahmet Çalık is a businessman who does business on a global scale but is rarely in the limelight in Turkey… His 23 companies in two countries employ 15,000 personnel. Annual sales have reached $935 ...
The current account deficit closed 2004 at record levels. At the beginning of 2005 the government set a target of reducing the deficit a little. Economists were less optimistic but were expecting t...
From automotives to foodstuffs, white goods and chemicals… They have managed companies in different sectors under diverse competitive conditions. Some have worked in exports, others mostly on the d...
This year Capital has once again conducted its closely watched survey of the most powerful names in Turkey and compiled a list of the ‘Most Powerful Members of the Business World”. The 30 most powe...
There has been an increase in the number of requests that Turkish companies with high quality production, branding and regular exports have been receiving from abroad for dealership agreements. Jus...
At one time Pepsi was competing head to head with Coca Cola. This picture has changed in recent years and the entry into the market of Cola Turka has been to Pepsi’s disadvantage. Its market share ...
Celal Sönmez is chairman of Sönmez Holding, one of the leading groups in Bursa… He has been in the public eye in recent months as the result of his statement that “we shall withdraw from textiles.”...
“Companies have become more customer-focused. There has been a change in their organizational structures. Customer management positions have been created. There have been changes on many topics ran...
Many of the modern world’s trailblazing inventions have entered our lives by chance. Du Pont’s research team accidentally came across Teflon while they were working on a cooler. the Post-It, which ...