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2010
2011
Developed by Tekfen Real State
Development, the Levent Ofis project
became the first of its kind in Turkey
to receive the LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) Gold
Certificate in the Shell&Core category.
Following this project, Tekfen Kağıthane
OfisPark, which was İstanbul’s first green
office park project and was completed
in 2012, also received the LEED Gold
Certificate as well as numerous national
and international design awards.
Necati Akçağlılar,
one of Tekfen’s
co-founders,
passed away.
Tekfen Construction signed a USD501
million contract with TÜPRAŞ for the
construction of its new refinery unit. The
main contractor of the project was the
Spanish Técnicas Reunidas. TÜPRAŞ’s Fuel
Oil Conversion Facility, the biggest one-
off industrial investment in the history of
Turkey, was commissioned in 2014.
The Phosphoric Acid Facility, part of the
Ma’aden fertilizer complex, which was
Tekfen Construction’s biggest project in
Saudi Arabia, was completed. As a result
of Tekfen’s exceptional performance,
the President of the Ma’aden Phosphate
Company paid a visit to Tekfen
Construction in İstanbul to express his
gratitude in person.
Gürbüz Alp Kireç
Chairman of the Board,
Tekfen Construction
When we first arrived [in
Ma’aden], the construction
site looked like a desert.
Soon, however, a big
facility rised there. It was
a huge investment. And
everybody watched our
every step. The schedule
was really tight. We
raced against the clock.
Despite all the difficult
conditions and the fact
that our engineering and
procurement partner
withdrew from the
project, we completed
the work to the full
satisfaction of our client.
On the 30th anniversary of Toros
Agri, a book was published
entitled
Toprağa Düşen Bereket
(
The Plentiful Soil
), telling the
story of the company’s founding
and development. In addition,
an 8-part documentary entitled
Mother Earth was filmed in
collaboration with documentary
channel İZ TV.
2012
An underground cold storage facility
with advanced technology was built near
the central Anatolian town of Nevşehir
(historical Cappodocia) to store potato
seeds produced by Toros.
Toros Agri and OCP (Office Chérifien
des Phosphates), the biggest Moroccan
company and world leader in phosphate,
entered in a joint venture named Black Sea
Fertilizer Trade, Inc. (BSFT). The company
aims to export the phosphate fertilizers
produced at the Samsun
Plant of Toros Agri
to markets in Eastern
Europe, the Balkans,
and Central Asia.
Built by the Tekfen
Foundation in
Sarımazı, Ceyhan,
Toros Agri Necati
Akçağlılar Primary
School opened its
doors to students.
On December 6, 2012, Tekfen sold its shares
in Eurobank Tekfen to Burgan Bank of
Kuwait. This marked the end of Tekfen’s
banking activities, which had begun in 1989.
2013
The biggest platform constructed in the
Caspian Sea, the 18,500-ton West Chirag
Platform was successfully completed
by the Azfen-Tekfen-AMEC (ATA)
Consortium and was put to sea.
Built in memory of Tekfen’s co-
founder Necati Akçağlılar, Toros
Agri Necati Akçağlılar Anatolian
High School was inaugurated in
Tekkeköy, Samsun.