Established in 1982 in Aachen, Germany, Şahinler Holding are now operating in Germany, France, Bulgaria, Egypt and Jordan besides Turkey, and making a world of difference in every business line it leads, from ready-to-wear clothing to construction, management of free zone, tourism and food and beverage services, and strengthens its presence on the crest further.
It provides manufacture and service for the world’s fashion giants with its companies of ready-to-wear clothing, fashion design, wholesale and retail marketing. The manufactured products are offered to 170 different countries today and the Group is clothing 50 million people worldwide. By the large orders of manufacturing that our companies abroad place for Anatolia, an enormous number of employment is generated and together the our staff in our companies of European Free zone, job opportunities reach for more than 30.000 people worldwide.
Şahinler Holding is the founder-operator of the European Free Zone, one of Turkey’s largest private sector industrial projects. Today, the occupancy rate in the European Free Zone has reached up to 95%. Nearly 200 companies, 70% of which are of foreign capital perform export their goods from the free zone. With its trade volume exceeding 2.5 billion dollars, the zone has become a favorite of foreign investors in particular. Most of the exported goods are technology products and those with high value-added. Offering job for 6.000 people in total, European Free Zone, despite being one of the last established ones between the 18 free zones in Turkey, it has already risen to third place ranking according to trade volume. It is also the first free zone holding 5 major quality certificates.
Located in Belek, one of the most popular holiday region of the world, Club Megasaray is a 5-star holiday village with 1.200 beds on 121.000 m2, and recognized with “Golden Key Award” that makes it one of the most powerful facilities in the region. Including its 49 tennis courts and many other sports activities, with its quality food and beverage services, day and night entertainment programs for all ages and its utmost friendly, quality service approach, Club Megasaray, since the day it was established, has hosted tourists of all ages. Having German and Russian guests predominantly, it hosts nearly 70% repeat guests, which is quite rare in the industry. Since its establishment, Club Megasaray hosted over 1 million tourists of all ages.
Megasaray Tennis Academy, established at Club Megasaray in Belek-Antalya in 2019 and with its 49 courts, hosted and continues to welcome prominent international tennis tournaments including Davis Cup and ATP Challenger within the framework of cooperation protocol Turkish Tennis Federation. Aiming to popularize the tennis sport in Turkey, the academy provides conducive environment for the discovery and development of talented players. Athletes trained in this academy improve themselves, gain experience and increase their degrees by earning points without incurring heavy expenses for going to foreign countries and now score success in different categories.
Teyvaş Catering company, food and beverage branch of the Group and established in 1989, is providing catering and food-beverage services to business centers, factories, educational and health institutions. In addition to the innovations it has brought to the catering business with its new umbrella brand offering all kinds of services in the field of food and beverage, Teyvaş also makes investments in special day organizations, good agricultural practices and retail sector. Producing food for 20.000 people daily, Teyvaş has implemented the Next Generation Cafeteria business model with its 30 years of experience in catering, food and beverage. With this project, Teyvaş accomplishes turning cafeterias into more functional and contemporary restaurants. Adopting consumer satisfaction as its principle, Teyvaş is appreciated by its customers with its friendly service understanding, production and quality in hygienic environments.
Westside Istanbul, the accomplished construction project of Şahinler Holding, consists of 1.115 apartment flats and 116 high street stores. Westside Istanbul Project is located in Beylikdüzü, the new urbanized face of Istanbul with its wide streets, woods and parks, rapidly gaining value and with its per capita green area rates is in the standards of European cities. Right next to E-5 motorway, having its own Metrobus stop, intertwined with perhaps only and the largest square of the province, Westside Istanbul is the most ambitious project in the region as it is surrounded by the woods on three sides and with its valuable location and offering comfort.
Şahinler Holding is also erecting factory plants and warehouses through its construction companies in the Group. Turhaus is the real estate platform of the Group performing real estate acquisition and agency services between Germany and Turkey, as well as it engages on development projects for the plots it owns in different cities throughout Turkey and Germany. It is recently working on its concept theme, a new villa-type housing project to be developed in Istanbul Buyukcekmece soon. Şahinler Holding aims to provide environmentally-conscious, modern and comfortable buildings in Istanbul with its project implementations.
Being assertive in every sector it engages, Şahinler Holding also operates in the field of energy with Şahinler Energy. The company has made a name for itself in the sector with its understanding of quality and advanced technology.
Further, through the Şahinler Foundation established in 1987 by Mr. Kemal Şahin, the Group is working actively in education, health and social fields. In addition to its multi-directional support to education and building schools, also provides scholarships to hundreds of successful students each year. The foundation also supports disaster survivors and provides help the families in need.