Why Can’t We See Ulusoy Tourism on the Road Anymore?

Ulusoy, whose foundations were laid as a result of a natural disaster, It was one of the oldest companies in transportation. It was also a preferred brand for passengers. But they disappeared for a few years.

Ulusoy’s interesting story of its emergence and the reason why we can’t see it on the roads anymore. Let’s take a closer look.

From a natural disaster to the transportation industry…

Ulusoy Ticaret Yatırımlar Holding, the foundations of which were laid by Hacı Mehmet Bahattin Ulusoy, was established in 1937 between Of and Trabzon. carrying passengers and cargo was operating.

The story of its emergence was also quite interesting. Hacı Mehmet, in order to help the people of the region who have difficulty in transportation as a result of the natural disaster in the Black Sea. He had built a raft. Afterwards, he continued sea transportation.

Thus, he took his first step in the transportation industry. It has grown itself by continuing passenger transportation for years and in the sector, One of Turkey’s most important brands took his place as one.

The holding’s assets were shared among three brothers.

Saffet Ulusoy

It gained holding status in 1995 and continued passenger transportation in this way. In 2008, the shares of the holding were transferred to Hacı Mehmet Bahattin Ulusoy’s sons. It was divided into three in the name of Yılmaz, Cemal and Saffet.

With this sharing, the brand usage rights for the entire bus group were left to Saffet Ulusoy and The “Ulusoy” brand cannot be transferred to any person or institution, became clear. However, Seffat Ulusoy passed away in 2012 and his legacy is; He left it to his wife, daughters and former TFF president Haluk Ulusoy.

Saffet Ulusoy’s wife, Sevim Ulusoy, filed a lawsuit against the company established under the name “Ulusoy Transportation Petrol Industry”.

“Ulusoy Transportation Petrol Industry” founded by businessmen Emre Baştuğ and Murat Teksöz, For selling tickets using the name Ulusoy without permission A lawsuit was filed. However, since Ulusoy Travel could not overcome its financial problems, the naming rights were transferred to “Ulusoy Transportation”.

In 2017, Ulusoy Travel went bankrupt.

On June 15, 2017, the company entered the liquidation process worth 65 million 250 thousand TL. Lawyers say they are not in debt; Profitability according to season is not taken into account he claimed.

Later, his huge land in Bahçelievler was put up for sale and some of his buses were also put up for sale. inspectors As a result of the 3-month review Even though the lawyers tried to resist, the court decided to close the company’s shutters.

Ulusoy Transportation, which acquired the naming rights of the company and continued its operations, also published an announcement, but it could not be said that things were going well for them either.

Same way, Bad news was on the way for Ulusoy Transportation. When the calendar showed February 20, 2019, they officially went bankrupt. This is how one of Turkey’s most established land transportation brands was buried in history.

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