Name Dinc Bilgin | Role Businessman | |
Similar People Cavit Caglar, Turgay Ciner, Erol Simavi, Erol Aksoy, Mehmet Emin Karamehmet | ||
Apex Masters Stüdyo - 9.Bölüm - Murat Dinç Bilgin
Dinç Bilgin (born 1940) is a Turkish businessman who built up a media empire which was seized by the Turkish government in 2002 over alleged financial irregularities. He founded a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). He also founded the now-defunct Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.
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- Apex Masters Stdyo 9Blm Murat Din Bilgin
- ATV nin sahibi DN BLGN in CHP Lideri Kemal Kldarolu na tepkisi
- Career
- References
ATV nin sahibi DİNÇ BİLGİN in CHP Lideri Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu na tepkisi
Career
Bilgin began his career at Yeni Asır. He founded a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). He also founded the now-defunct Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.
Etibank was privatised on 2 March 1998 to Medya İpek Holding A.Ş., co-owned by Bilgin and Cavit Çağlar, for $155m. The bank was sold to Bilgin's Medya Sabah Holding A.Ş. in 2000. It was taken over by the government's TMSF in October 2000. In 2011 Bilgin was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for financial irregularities relating to his ownership of Etibank.
