İthaki Yayınları

What İthaki Yayınları does

İthaki Yayınları is a Turkish publishing house founded in 1997 and headquartered in Istanbul, operating as a multi-imprint book publisher and direct-to-consumer retailer. The company has built a catalog of over 2,000 published titles as of 2023 and is recognized as one of Turkey's top ten publishers, with a leading position in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Its publishing portfolio spans seven imprints (İthaki Yayınları, Yabancı Yayınları, Nova Kitap, İthaki Çocuk Yayınları, Müptela Yayınları, Minotor Kitap, and Ganj Kitap) and approximately eleven specialized series covering world classics, Japanese and Korean literature, horror/dark fiction, children's classics, modern literature, and comics/manga.

The company operates its own e-commerce storefront at www.ithakiyayingrubu.com, built on the LivaSoft e-commerce platform, which supports mobile barcode scanning, order tracking, wishlists, and e-newsletter subscriptions. Distribution is supplemented by a physical bookstore in Istanbul. Book pricing ranges from approximately ₺45 to ₺1,200 with a standard 30% retail discount applied. The platform also sells digital e-books delivered by email. Customer acquisition relies on the e-commerce site, SEO-driven category and author pages (Dune, Wheel of Time, Tolkien, Malazan), email newsletters, and social media presence, with KVKK (Turkish data protection) compliance policies published on the site.

Revenue is generated through one-time retail sales of physical books and e-books to individual Turkish consumers. The legal entity is İthaki Yayıncılık Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, a privately held Turkish joint-stock company. No parent company, external investors, funding rounds, or enterprise/B2B contracts are disclosed. Operations are domestic (Turkey only) with no international expansion claims, and the customer base consists of Turkish individual book readers segmented across general readers and genre-fiction enthusiasts, with no named institutional customers.

Name

İthaki Yayınları

Legal name

İthaki Yayıncılık Basın Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi

Website

https://ithakiyayingrubu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

İthaki Yayınları is a privately held Turkish publishing house founded in 1997, operating seven imprints and over 2,000 titles across fiction, science fiction, fantasy, children's, and world classics. It sells directly to Turkish consumers via its own e-commerce platform and a physical Istanbul bookstore.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

E-book Retail & Reading Platforms (Stores, Apps, Devices) (MPAJAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Humor, Gift & Specialty Format Books (Journals, Coloring, etc.) (MPAJAAAN)

Keywords

• Book publishing
• Fiction and fantasy
• Children's literature
• Literary translations
• Book retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Book Sales (Retail): The company generates revenue primarily through direct retail sales of physical books and e-books through its e-commerce platform. Customers purchase individual titles at listed prices, with standard discounts applied. The company also publishes books under multiple imprints including İthaki Yayınları, Yabancı Yayınları, Nova Kitap, İthaki Çocuk Yayınları, Müptela Yayınları, Minotor Kitap, and Ganj Kitap.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

İthaki Yayınları is a Turkish publishing house that acquires, edits, prints, and distributes fiction and non-fiction books across multiple imprints including İthaki Yayınları, Yabancı Yayınları, Nova Kitap, İthaki Çocuk Yayınları, Müptela Yayınları, Minotor Kitap, and Ganj Kitap. The company sells directly to consumers through its own e-commerce website (LivaSoft-powered) and a physical bookstore in Istanbul, offering both physical books and e-books across genres such as science fiction, fantasy, world classics, contemporary literature, philosophy, history, and children's books.

Product overview

İthaki Yayınları is a Turkish book publishing group founded in 1997, operating as a multi-imprint publishing house and e-commerce retail platform. The company publishes books through multiple imprints including İthaki Yayınları (core imprint specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary literature), Yabancı Yayınları (foreign publications), Nova Kitap, İthaki Çocuk Yayınları (children's books), Müptela Yayınları, Minotor Kitap, and Ganj Kitap. The group maintains specialized book series such as İthaki Modern (contemporary literature), Bilim Kurgu Klasikleri (science fiction classics), İthaki Dünya Klasikleri (world classics), Karanlık Kitaplık (dark literature), İthaki Arşiv (special editions), İthaki Çocuk Klasikleri, Çağdaş Kore Edebiyatı, and Japon Klasikleri. As of 2023, İthaki has published over 2,000 books. The company operates a LivaSoft-powered e-commerce website offering online book retail with features including barcode scanning, order tracking, wishlists, and e-newsletter subscriptions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• İthaki Modern: Modern literature imprint featuring contemporary authors
• İthaki Arşiv
• İthaki Dünya Klasikleri
• İthaki Çocuk Klasikleri
• İthaki Gölge
• İthaki Kapsül
• İthaki X
• Karanlık Kitaplık
• Bilim Kurgu Klasikleri
• Japon Klasikleri
• Çağdaş Kore Edebiyatı

Products and services

• Published Books (Physical) Physical books (paperback and hardcover) published under multiple İthaki imprints covering science fiction, fantasy, world classics, contemporary literature, philosophy, history, Turkish literature, manga, comics, and children's books. Targeted at Turkish-speaking individual readers across age groups.
• E-Books (E-Kitap) Digital book editions (e-kitap) sold as individual perpetual licenses with delivery via email. Available across the publisher's catalog for Turkish-speaking readers who prefer digital reading.
• İthaki Bookstore (Physical Retail) Physical bookstore service in Istanbul providing in-person book browsing, customer service, and on-site purchases. Serves Turkish readers preferring tactile browsing over online channels.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Yapı Kredi Yayınları: One of Turkey's largest and most established general-trade publishers, spanning literary fiction, classics, and genre. YKY is a broader incumbent whose catalog and imprints compete with İthaki's full publishing spectrum rather than any single genre.
• Can Yayınları: Major Turkish publisher with a wide catalog of translated world literature, classics, and contemporary fiction. Overlaps with İthaki in translated international authors but does not specialize in sci-fi/fantasy.
• Doğan Kitap: Large general-interest Turkish publisher covering fiction, non-fiction, and lifestyle. Doğan Kitap is a broad incumbent with mass-market distribution that competes with İthaki's trade titles and provides pricing benchmarks in the Turkish market.
• İletişim Yayınları: Prominent Turkish publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and social sciences. İletişim is a broader incumbent whose translated and Turkish-authored catalogs compete for the same general reader pool İthaki addresses outside genre fiction.
• Metis Yayınları: Turkish publisher specializing in literary fiction, philosophy, and translated world literature. Metis overlaps with İthaki's İthaki Modern and classics lines, targeting a similar educated literary readership.

Direct peers

• Alfa Yayınları: Turkish publisher with strong overlap in sci-fi and translated international fiction. Alfa competes directly with İthaki for the same author rights and Turkish sci-fi/fantasy reader base.
• Say Yayınları: Turkish publisher with strength in translated literary and contemporary fiction. Say competes with İthaki Modern and the İthaki Dünya Klasikleri line for the same translated-author reader segment.
• Pegasus Yayınları: Turkish publisher with a comparable sci-fi, fantasy, and genre fiction focus. Pegasus is the closest head-to-head competitor to İthaki in the Turkish genre publishing segment, sharing a similar target reader and translation-heavy catalog model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ithakiyayinlari
• Facebookfacebook.com/ithakiyayinlari

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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