Cengiz Holding

Cengiz Holding
IndustryConstruction, energy, Mining
Founded1980
HeadquartersÜsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Key people
Mehmet Cengiz, Ekrem Cengiz, Şeref Cengiz
Revenue$5 billion
Number of employees
43.000+
Websitewww.cengiz.com.tr

Cengiz Holding A.S. is a Turkish conglomerate, with major interests in construction, energy, mining, and tourism. Its assets include the Eti Copper and Eti Aluminium mining companies.[1] It is owned by Mehmet Cengiz.[2] In 2012 it had around $470m revenue from construction.[3]

In May 2013, it was part of a joint venture which won the EUR22bn contract to construct a third international airport in Istanbul.[4] In July 2013 it was part of a joint venture which acquired the daily newspaper Akşam, together with TV channel Sky Turk 360 and radio station Alem FM, for TL60m.[5]

Greenhouse gas emissions

Climate Trace estimates half-owned Cenal coal-fired power plant emitted over 7 million tons of the country’s total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2022.[6] So it is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.[7]

The company says that "Emissions at the [aluminium] production units in Seydişehir are already 50% lower than European Union standards",[8] however it still runs a small coal-fired power station at that factory.

References

  1. ^ Cengiz Holding, ABOUT US / HISTORY Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 19 July 2013, Seized media assets of Turkish group suddenly sold to the winning contractor of Istanbul's 3rd airport
  3. ^ Engineering News Record, The Top 225 International Contractors, 2012
  4. ^ Hurriyet, 3 May 2013, Üçüncü havalimanı ihalesini Limak-Cengiz-Mapa-Kolin-Kalyon OGG kazandı
  5. ^ Today's Zaman, 21 July 2013, Gov't asked to explain sale of media group, others Archived 2013-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Explore Map". Climate Trace. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  7. ^ "Explore the Data". coalexit.org. 2023.
  8. ^ "Turkish aluminum producer building solar power plants to reach net zero emissions". Balkan Green Energy News. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-02-08.