Area served Turkey Founded 1989 | Headquarters Istanbul Parent organization SOCAR | |
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Industry Publishing, Broadcasting Website www.stargazete.com/medya/ | ||
Star Media Group (Star Medya Grubu, STAR Medya Yayıncılık A.Ş.) is a Turkish media company. Among other properties it owns the Star newspaper and the television station Kanal 24.
The company was co-founded by Ahmet Özal and Cem Uzan and was previously part of the Uzan Group. In 2004 Star was seized by the Turkish government, along with the other assets of the Uzan Group. The paper was transferred to the TMSF, and then sold several times. It is now again part of the Star Media Group, which was acquired by Fettah Tamince from Ethem Sancak in 2009, with Tevhit Karakaya acquiring 50% in 2010.
In May 2013 50% of the Group was sold to Azerbaijan's SOCAR oil company.
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