Dinç Bilgin (born 1940) is a Turkish businessman who founded Medya Holding, a media group that was made up of a number of newspapers including ''
Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...
'' (1985) and ''
Takvim
''Takvim'' is a Turkish daily newspaper owned by Kalyon Group. The word "takvim" means calendar in Turkish.
History
Founded by Dinç Bilgin in 1994, ''Takvim'' was acquired by Ahmet Çalık's Turkuvaz Media Group in 2008, as part of its $1.1 ...
'' (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). These companies were later sold for $ 1.1 Billion. He also founded '' AteÅŸ'' and ''
Yeni Yüzyıl
''Yeni Yüzyıl'' (''New Century'') was a Turkish newspaper. It was published from 1994 to 1999, closing down due to legal and financial problems. It had been acquired in August 1998 from Dinç Bilgin's Sabah group by Korkmaz Yiğit
Korkmaz YiÄ ...
'' in 1995, selling them to
Korkmaz YiÄŸit
Korkmaz Yiğit (born 1943 in Erzincan) is a Turkish businessman. He made his fortune in construction, and expanded into finance and media, but fell rapidly from grace in 1998 when apparent connections with mob figure Alaattin Çakıcı were revea ...
in 1998.
Career
Bilgin began his career at ''
Yeni Asır
Yeni Asır is a daily newspaper that began publication in Thessaloniki on 19 August 1895. Its slogan is "Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small ...
''.''
Today's Zaman
''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ...
Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...
'' (1985) and ''
Takvim
''Takvim'' is a Turkish daily newspaper owned by Kalyon Group. The word "takvim" means calendar in Turkish.
History
Founded by Dinç Bilgin in 1994, ''Takvim'' was acquired by Ahmet Çalık's Turkuvaz Media Group in 2008, as part of its $1.1 ...
'' (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). He also founded the now-defunct '' AteÅŸ'' and ''
Yeni Yüzyıl
''Yeni Yüzyıl'' (''New Century'') was a Turkish newspaper. It was published from 1994 to 1999, closing down due to legal and financial problems. It had been acquired in August 1998 from Dinç Bilgin's Sabah group by Korkmaz Yiğit
Korkmaz YiÄ ...
'' in 1995, selling them to
Korkmaz YiÄŸit
Korkmaz Yiğit (born 1943 in Erzincan) is a Turkish businessman. He made his fortune in construction, and expanded into finance and media, but fell rapidly from grace in 1998 when apparent connections with mob figure Alaattin Çakıcı were revea ...
in 1998.
Etibank was privatised on 2 March 1998 to Medya Ä°pek Holding A.Åž., co-owned by Bilgin and
Cavit Çağlar
Cavit Çağlar (born 1944, Komotini, Greece) is a Turkish businessman and politician and convicted felon. In 2004 he was sentenced to three years ten months for bank fraud, a $7.4m business bank loan for personal use, leading to the bankruptcy o ...