Where Did “Simtel” Disappear? It also has something to do with Sedat Peker!

Before The first brand that comes to mind when talking about vacuum cleaners of Simtel, which is In fact, there were other household appliances, including a heating device.

Then they slowly began to disappear from our homes. Really, how did the beloved brand slowly disappear from our lives? If you are ready, Simtel Its story dating back to Sedat Peker let’s see.

We can say that Simtel, which started its adventure with Koç Holding, went from hand to hand.

The brand, which was within Koç Holding between 1960 and 1980, was actually It was imported from the Siemens brand and it was coming to our country under the name “Simtel”.

Like today’s Dysons, Simtel had many different attachments. From spraying trees to washing carpets They had different functions. Their advertisements were also very successful and attracted the attention of consumers.

After a while, production continued abroad.

After the 1980s, Ümit Özkan, one of Koç’s former managers, bought the brand. In the 90s, Simtel, Started to be produced in Italy by partnering with an Italian brand and its production has been completely stopped in Turkey.

Sedat Peker, who made sensational statements, also made some statements about Simtel.

According to Peker’s claim, he had images of former prime minister Mesut Yılmaz gambling and threatened him with these images to get out of prison. He was released from prison upon this threat and on top of that five million dollars He had received money.

Mehmet Cengiz and Zafer Salman, the owners of Cengiz Holding, who he said were his relatives, played a role in transferring the money. According to the statement of Sedat Peker, who bought Simtel with this money, he gave the brand to Davut Dışli and Mehmet Karasu, who are managers in Fenerbahçe’s infrastructure. without taking a penny He had given it.

He didn’t receive a single penny, but he made some conditions. Renewal of all hospitals in Rize and removal of every Simtel product Distributing 25 of them to families in need he wanted.

As the first steps of the 2000s passed one by one, Simtel did not have the strength it once had.

In 2000, Altan Ertürk bought Simtel, and in 2003, he and Taşkın Akkaya acquired all the shares of the brand. Although Simtel tried various methods to keep up with the times in order to return to the old days, it took one step back every day. Because of economic difficulties naming rights were put up for sale.

There is no news about whether its name has been taken or not, but there is one thing we know, and that is that Simtel is no longer produced in any way. Additionally, according to the Istanbul Stock Exchange, Simtel Among the companies whose shares are closed to trading.

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