Demirören Group is a Turkish
conglomerate company
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. Its properties include Milangaz (a
liquefied petroleum gas
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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
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channels:
Cartoon Network
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and
CNN Türk
Cable News Network Türk (known as CNN Türk) is a Turkish free-to-air television news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the local affiliate of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by Demirören Grou ...
. All shares of the Demirören Group are owned by the Demirören family, who have close ties to
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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*'' Præsident ...
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
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and are also active in the energy, mining, and construction sectors.
History
Demirören acquired the newspapers ''
Milliyet
''Milliyet'' ( Turkish for "''nationality''") is a daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey.
History and profile
''Milliyet'' came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950 ...
'' and ''
Vatan'' in May 2011. In 2018, the holding bought the newspaper ''
Hürriyet
''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and ...
'', ''
Posta'' and the TV channels
Kanal D
Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993.
The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...
,
CNN Türk
Cable News Network Türk (known as CNN Türk) is a Turkish free-to-air television news channel, launched on 11 October 1999 as the local affiliate of American channel CNN. It broadcasts exclusively for Turkey and it is owned by Demirören Grou ...
, and
D-Smart
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and all other media properties of
Doğan Media Group, with the ехception of
Kanal D Romania and
Dream Türk Radio Dream FM.
Following the death of , President ErdoÄŸan visited the family to extend his condolences. The family is generally seen as being supportive of President ErdoÄŸan and the
Justice and Development Party.
In February 2021, the company took over
Azerbaijan
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's lottery company ''Azerlotereya''.
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Conglomerate companies of Turkey
Companies based in Istanbul
Mass media companies of Turkey
Holding companies of Turkey
Holding companies established in 1956
Turkish companies established in 1956