10.15.2007 Tekfen Holding Partners in Real Estate with US Company
Tekfen Real Estate Development Group has entered into a joint venture with
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group,
a leading international institutional asset management firm.
With this agreement, Tekfen will continue its real estate operations under the newly established company Tekfen-OZ Real Estate Development Co. Inc.
03.16.2007 Tekfenbank share transfer is complete.
Eurobank EFG Group and Tekfen Group's strategic partnership over Tekfenbank has been completed. Accordingly, Eurobank EFG has acquired 70 percent of Tekfenbank.
03.01.2007 Toros Agri's quality, environment and occupational health and safety management systems have been certified by the international inspection, verification and certification company SGS (Societe Generale de Surveillance)
.
Toros Agri;
First company in the agricultural sector to obtain all three of ISO 9001 Quality Management,
ISO 14001 Environmental Management and
OHSAS 18001 Occupational Safety Management Certificates.
01.26.2007 The "Golden Spider Web Award" of the year 2006 goes to
Tekfen Insurance
Tekfen Insurance has been awarded for the first position the contest of "Golden Spider Web Awards" within the "Insurance" Category, in the year 2006, and has been selected as the best Website of Turkey, by initiating 100% online insurance brokerage in Turkey.
09.26.2006 Toros Tarım sponsors the "Fifth Annual Mersin International Music
Festival", hosting world acclaimed musicians.
Toros Tarım, Tekfen Holding company in the agricultural industry continues to support "Mersin
International Music Festival" as its main sponsor. In addition to Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra,
Mersin Music Festival's fifth annual organization shows Tekfen Group's continuing support to
the arts and cultural life. Toros Tarım has been the main sponsor in the Festival since its second
year.
07.28.2006 Toros Agri organized the second "Registered Seeds Reward" campaign, which started last year to combat the unlicenced seeds that cause extensive damage to the agricultural sector and Turkish economy.
The pioneer company of the vegetable seeds sector, Toros Agri
Industry and Trade Co. Inc, is continuing its nation wide "Registered
Seeds Reward" campaign, aiming to inform the growers about
unlicenced seeds that damage the agricultural sector and the economy.
07.13.2006 Tekfen's signature on the 'Project of the Century'
Tekfen Construction and Installation Co., successfully completed
the construction of the Ceyhan Terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
(BCT) Crude Oil Pipeline Project which once operational will transport
Caspian oil to the world markets, thus positioning Turkey as a
strategically important energy bridge.
05.18.2006 Grafted Watermelon Seddlings to Hungary.
Hishtil Toros, Toros Tarim's joint venture company which engages in the production and sales of high quality, disease resistant vegetable, flower and herbal young plants, exports grafted watermelon young plants for the first time.
05.08.2006 Eurobank EFG and the Tekfen Group form a strategic alliance in Tekfenbank.
EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (Eurobank EFG) and Tekfen Holding (Tekfen Group) agreed today to join forces in the Turkish
financial services market. According to the agreement, Eurobank EFG will acquire 70% of Tekfen Group's holding in Tekfenbank
together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tekfen Leasing (together the 'Bank').
03.13.2006 First exports from Toros Agripark facilities
Toros Agripark facilities producing crucial young rootstock for
fruit seedlings with tissue culture methods has exported its first
products.
02.11.2006 Genuine seed pays off
The nation wide campaign to promote the use of "Registered Seed",
launched by Toros Tarım was concluded with an awards ceremony.