17 Major Turkish Brands Sold to Foreign Companies

Some brands are completely Some brands own some shares By selling to foreign companies, domestic goods have now left the category of goods of the country.

Although the reasons vary, most of the brands we use and proudly refer to as Turkish brands. in the portfolio of foreign companies We see that it takes place.

You can also take a look at the first part of this content:

İçim and Dost, which we often see on our tables, are now French.

Ak Gıda, which produces İçim and Dost brands in 2015, majority shares It was sold to French food company Lactalis.

What about our olive oils? The situation is not much different for them either…

Incorporating the Komili, Kırlangıç ​​and Sezai Ömer Madra brands, Main Foodwas acquired by American-based Koninklijke Bunge in 2016.

Filiz, on the other hand, became entirely owned by the Italian pasta giant Barilla, with the sale of its remaining shares in 2003.

Bizim Mutfak is no longer our brand, but the Japanese brand.

Örgen Gıda, which came under the umbrella of Yıldız Holding, which also owns brands such as Ülker, in 2002, and the Bizim Mutfak brand, produced under Örgen Gıda, are owned by Örgen Gıda. of all It became a Japanese brand when it was sold to Japanese Ajinomoto in 2016.

Hobby, Indian brand; Silk became a French brand.

Hobby is an India-based company founded in 2010. to Daburİpek’se was founded in 2007, based in France. to L’Oréal sold.

Canbebe was sold to Belgian Ontex in 2000.

Ontex, an American-based company, was founded in 2010. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Texas Pacific Group was purchased by.

MNG Cargo was recently sold to Germany-based DHL Group.

DemirDöküm, to the Germans; Baymak was sold to the Dutch.

DemirDöküm’s 72.56% Its shares were sold to Germany-based Vaillant Group in 2007.

Baymak, which previously sold its 50% shares to Netherlands-based BDR Thermea, sold its remaining shares to the same company in 2013. All of Baymak It became owned by BDR Thermea.

75% of Mutlu Akü’s shares were sold to Netherlands-based Metair.

What about our banks? They are also under the auspices of foreign companies…

Finansbank, some of whose shares were sold to Greece-based NBG in 2006, 99.8% shares in 2013 Train was acquired by the based QNB group.

Starting to buy shares of Garanti Bank since 2012 Spain BBVA, based in Garanti BBVA, will acquire shares of Garanti BBVA in 2022. 85.97%He became possessed.

DenizBank, which has changed hands 3 times between foreign companies since 2006, Dubai(United Arab Emirates) based Emirates NBD was purchased by.

Let’s end the second part of our compilation of sold Turkish brands. Of course, you can guess that these are our brands that are under the auspices of foreign companies. only some.