Ethem Sancak

Ethem Sancak (born 1958, Siirt[1]) is a Turkish businessman considered to have "close ties to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan".[2] He was completed his primary and secondary education in Siirt. He was graduated from Faculty of Business Administration, İstanbul University. After graduation he worked as a journalist in 1976-1978.[3]

He is the chairman of Turkey's Hedef Alliance Holding, a pharmaceutical and toiletry wholesaler he founded in 1987.[4] In early 2013 he was listed by Forbes as the 43rd richest person in Turkey.[5]

From 2004 to 2009 he was the owner of the Star Media Group, giving its Star newspaper a more pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) line.[2][6]

References

  1. ↑ Vatan, 8 November 2008, Ergenekon iddianamesinde Ethem Sancak korundu mu?
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hurriyet Daily News, 8 June 2010, Pressing for freedom: The rise of a party's partisans
  3. ↑ http://www.gazetecileronline.com/newsdetails/11416-/GazetecilerOnline/aksam-ve-sky39i-akp-medyasi-mimarina-sattilar
  4. ↑ Hedef Alliance Holding, About Us
  5. ↑ gazeteport.com.tr, 19 April 2013, "Dedenin kemiklerini sızlattın"
  6. ↑ haberler.com, 30 May 2013, Turkey Approves 50 Pct Sale Of Star Media To Azerbaijan's SOCAR