İhlas Group is one of Turkey’s most important conglomerates having a large nationwide presence with 2,737 employees in 30 companies.

Standing out with its cultural services as well, İhlas Group is among the most prominent and leading conglomerates in Turkey with its trade volume taken into consideration.

The foundations of the Group were laid in 1970 with the establishment of Türkiye Newspaper.  In 1978 the newspaper began to be hand delivered and thereafter in 1981, İhlas Group established its own printing facilities and started to print the Türkiye Newspaper at these facilities, further expanding its publishing and printing operations.

A marketing network comprised of Ihlas Marketing distributors has gradually expanded by adding many other products to its portfolio besides newspaper distribution. By the year 1994, the Company has already become a widespread network engaged in face-to-face marketing of products to thousands of customers.

In 1989, the Group ventured into the construction sector with its “İhlas Yuva Evleri” project. Continuing its corporate development, the Group founded İhlas Home Appliances Company in 1990 and began manufacturing electronic devices and home appliances. The Group then ventured into the healthcare sector by establishing the Türkiye Newspaper Hospital in 1991.

A Breadth of Experience in the Media Sector

Breaking circulation records in the 1990s, the Türkiye Newspaper was also distributed in the U.K. and the U.S. during that time. Later, it was printed in Germany as well. In order to expand its successful track record gained in news reporting to other media outlets, the Group founded İhlas News Agency, TGRT FM radio station, and the TGRT television channel in 1993.

In 1993, İhlas Group gathered its subsidiaries under the umbrella of the Holding company in order to ensure strong growth. In line with its investment strategies, the Group built the “Kuzuluk Kaplıca Evleri” (Thermal Resort) and commenced timeshare resort operations in 1995. During that time, İhlas Group also ventured into other industries including Internet services, finance, food, transportation and insurance. Considering investments in education a corporate social responsibility, the Group founded İhlas Educational Institutions in 1996.

In parallel with the liberalization process in energy markets, İhlas Group participated in a number of electricity distribution and mining tenders during the period 1997-98. Later, the Group obtained licenses for extracting valuable mineral resources, such as metal ores, coal and industrial raw materials, in order to contribute to the national economy.

During the 2000s, İhlas Group underwent a restructuring process to create synergy between group companies and to encourage specialization in areas of operation. Accordingly in 2003, İhlas Media Holding was founded, and thus the Group began to operate in magazine publishing, media planning, trade show organization, and digital content design and production in addition to its existing businesses of newspaper publishing, news agency, and broadcast journalism. In 2004, TGRT Haber, a thematic news channel, was established. Two years later, in 2006, the Group decided to focus only on news reporting, and sold TGRT TV, which was covering a wide range of topics, to News Corporation, an American multinational mass media corporation.

Wide Range of Expertise in the Construction Industry

In addition to the developments in publishing in 2004, the Group built the Armutlu Holiday Resort consisting of 11 buildings and 1,686 apartments on 200,000 square meters of land in Armutlu district of Yalova.

So far 23.419 units have been built, including business centers, holiday resorts, television studios, education complexes and residential compounds have been built to date. The construction of 4.362 units is currently underway. The construction and real estate activities consolidated under the roof of İhlas Construction Holding in 2010.

The Group continued its investments in construction with Kristal Şehir and Bizim Evler housing projects, and the second phase of Armutlu Holiday Resort has begun development on an area of 66 thousand m2. Another recently announced project is Bizim Evler Güzelce housing project, which is under construction on an area of 92.293m2 area.

Widespread Marketing, Distribution and Service Network, Innovative Technological Production

Another locomotive company of İhlas Group is İhlas Marketing Inc. which owns one of the largest distribution and sales organizations in Turkey. A team of 1,400 people reaches the most remote villages and towns of Turkey and takes Türkiye Newspaper and İhlas products to the customers’ door along with the Europe’s design award-winning Aura Cleanmax Cleaning Robot, which is produced by İhlas Home Appliances and is supported by TÜBİTAK and Turkey’s first NSF certified water purifier Aura Cebilon. İhlas Marketing, which also has a wide dealer network in terms of service, performs mostly servicing of Aura Cebilon water treatment device and Aura Cleanmax cleaning robot. In this frame, 3.600 homes are provided service every day.

Since the day it was established, İhlas Home Appliances has been producing small household appliances on values based in human health along with the aim to make home life easier and more effective. The brand reaches to 50 countries asides from the Turkish market. The majority of these countries are in the Turkic Republics along with consumers in many countries in Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Far East. With its strong technical staff, the company continues its operations in a facilities area of 12.900 m2 in Beylikdüzü Organized Industrial Zone. The company was rated among the companies that make the most R & D investment in Turkey in 2014 with the technological products it has developed. In addition, R & D investments have been approved and supported by TÜBİTAK.

Social Responsibility Investments 

İhlas Holding has taken on a social mission within the framework of its “Education and Healthcare” activities. Accordingly, Türkiye Newspaper Hospital, a well-established healthcare facility in Turkey, offers special and ethical healthcare services that make patients feel the warmth of family and the comfort of their own homes, by paying special attention to both the physical and psychological effects of health problems.

Meanwhile, İhlas Educational Institutions, which provide education at all levels, starting from kindergarten to high school, implements an education system that embraces social values, the principles and practices of information and technology age, and can also be put into practice in today’s business and daily life.