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İsmail Karahan

İsmail Karahan

İsmail Karahan is a board member of Mepa Medya A.Ş., Hayat Görsel Yayıncılık A.Ş. and Beyaz Holding A.Ş. He studied business management at Istanbul University. He worked as a manager in steel industry and clothing sector in 1986-1987. In 1994, he was the co-founder and board member of Yeni Dünya İletişim A.Ş. (Kanal 7). In July 2011, he was sent to prison with Zekeriya Karaman, Zahid Akman and Mustafa Çelik as part of an ongoing investigation into embezzlement at the Germany-based Lighthouse e.V. charity. They were released from prison on October 2011. He was accused of forging documents, fraud and buying Kanal 7 shares with charity money. In 2015, charges were dropped due to acquittals against them. Nominated by the AKP, her daughter was elected an MP in 2015.

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Construction: Karahan İnşaat, owner and board member, Karahan Kardeşler İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Şti, shareholder and board member Trade: İmex Global Danışmanlık ve Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti., board member. Marketing: Mez Taşıt Pazarlama Eğitim ve Organizasyon Lti. Şti., board member Textile: Eko Tekstil, board member Cosmetics: Bio 7 Bitkisel İlaç Kozmetik ve Gıda Takviyeleri A.Ş.

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Zekeriya Karaman, part owner, is the CEO of Mepa Medya A.Ş. and Hayat Görsel Yayıncılık A.Ş. and CEO of Beyaz Holding A.Ş. He was the co-founder and board member of Yeni Dünya İletişim A.Ş. (Kanal 7). In July 2011, he was sent to prison with İsmail Karahan, Zahid Akman and Mustafa Çelik as part of an ongoing investigation into embezzlement at the Germany-based Lighthouse e.V. charity. They were released from prison in October 2011. He was accused of forging documents, fraud and buying Kanal 7 shares with charity money. In 2015, charges were dropped due to acquittals against them. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was a marriage witness at his son's wedding in 2016.

Mustafa Çelik – Vice chairperson

Zahid Akman – owner of the Hayat Gorsel Yayincilik A.S. and the Board member

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ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.

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According to the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette, Zekeriya Karaman, Mustafa Çelik, İsmail Karahan and Aykut Zahid Akman sit on the company's board of directors. The same names are also on the board of Beyaz Holding. The last updated version of minutes of general meeting of Beyaz Holding regarding the shareholder structure belongs to the year of 2016, which indicates that all shareholders, i.e., Zekeriya Karaman, Mustafa Çelik, İsmail Karahan and Aykut Zahid Akman have equal shares in the company and they all have 25% each. According to the Trade Registry Gazette dated October 1, 2020, Zekeriya Karaman is the chair of the board of Beyaz Holding.

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