Ihlas Gazetecilik

What Ihlas Gazetecilik does

İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. is a publicly-traded Turkish media and printing company headquartered at İhlas Medya Plaza in Yenibosna, Istanbul, with a history dating to 1970 when the Türkiye Gazetesi national daily newspaper was founded by Dr. Enver Ören. The legal entity was incorporated on 15 August 2000 and listed on Borsa İstanbul (ticker: IHGZT) on 14 June 2010; the company is part of the İhlas Group, with İhlas Yayın Holding A.Ş. as the largest shareholder at roughly 30.9%. The business operates three integrated pillars: (1) Türkiye Gazetesi, a national daily newspaper with unchanged ownership and editorial policy since founding, distributed via newsstand/dealer sales and the pioneering direct home delivery (elden dağıtım) system; (2) commercial printing services through six facilities in Istanbul (55,000 newspapers/hour capacity), Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Trabzon, and Antalya, offering web offset, sheet-fed offset, prepress, postpress, and binding services to other newspapers, publishers, and advertising agencies; and (3) industrial packaging production, launched in June 2022, producing corrugated and cardboard packaging for food, electronics, hygiene, automotive, agriculture, and other sectors.

The company's technology stack is asset-heavy and analog: web offset presses (Komori System 40/38, Goss Urbanite, DGM 1030, Tensör), sheet-fed offset equipment (Komori Lithrone S40/LS40, Roland 705 perfecter, Roland 202), 14 CTP plate exposure machines (Kodak Trendsetter, Doie Thermal, Basys Print UV-Setters), and Turkey's largest and most modern bindery (Müller Martini Bolero, Presto, Bravo S, Ventura, Kolbus, Heidelberg Stahlfolder). Printing and packaging operations are supported by ISO 9001, 14001, 22000, 45001, FSC Chain of Custody, Idealliance G7, TSE HYB, and ISO 14064-1 carbon footprint certifications. Türkiye Gazetecilik A.Ş. became Turkey's first printing company to receive TÜRKAK-approved carbon footprint certification in 2020.

Revenue is generated through four streams: subscription/recurring newspaper sales (Türkiye Gazetesi newspaper), advertising revenue, transaction-fee commercial printing services to B2B publishers and agencies, and transaction-fee packaging sales to industrial customers. Customer acquisition is direct-to-consumer for the newspaper (home delivery plus newsstand) and sales-led B2B (direct sales teams serving publishing houses, advertising agencies, and industrial packaging buyers). The customer base spans consumer readers, enterprise publishers, and industrial buyers across food, electronics, hygiene, automotive, and agriculture — providing some diversification but with exposure to secular declines in print media consumption. Headcount stands at 500+ across all operations, with 105 employees in the packaging division.

Name

Ihlas Gazetecilik

Legal name

İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş.

Website

https://ihlasgazetecilik.com.tr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. is a publicly-traded Turkish media and printing company that publishes the national daily Türkiye Gazetesi, operates six commercial printing facilities across Turkey, and produces industrial packaging products for food, electronics, and other sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Newspaper Publishing & Commercial Printing

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Support Activities for Printing (32312)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Commercial Printing (2750)

akta.pro primary industry

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized) (MPAJADAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

Keywords

• Newspaper publishing
• Commercial printing services
• Packaging production
• Offset printing
• Print media

Headquarters

HQ city

Yenibosna

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Newspaper Publishing (Türkiye Gazetesi): Sale of Türkiye Gazetesi, a national daily newspaper published since 1970, through newsstand/dealer sales and direct home delivery.
2. Commercial Printing Services: Web offset and sheet-fed offset printing services for national/local newspapers, magazines, books, catalogs, brochures, inserts, and promotional materials. Includes prepress, printing, and postpress services for third-party clients.
3. Packaging Production: Production and sale of corrugated and cardboard packaging products for food, electrical-electronics, small household appliances, hygiene, toys, textiles, cosmetics, automotive, and agriculture sectors. Operations began June 2022.
4. Advertising Revenue: Revenue from newspaper advertising, as a core component of a national daily newspaper business.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. publishes Türkiye Gazetesi, a national Turkish daily newspaper in circulation since 1970, and operates one of Turkey's largest commercial printing networks offering web offset, sheet-fed offset, prepress, and postpress services across six cities. Since June 2022 it has also produced corrugated and cardboard packaging for industrial clients in food, electronics, automotive, hygiene, cosmetics, and other sectors.

Product overview

İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. operates as a media and printing conglomerate with three core business lines: (1) Türkiye Gazetesi, a national newspaper founded in 1970 with stable ownership and editorial policy; (2) Printing Facilities offering web offset and sheet-fed offset printing services across six locations in Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Trabzon, Antalya) with 55,000 copies/hour capacity in Istanbul; and (3) Packaging Facilities launched in 2022, producing corrugated and cardboard packaging for food, automotive, electronics, and other sectors. The company provides comprehensive printing solutions from prepress through postpress, serving national/local newspapers, publishers, and advertising agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Türkiye Gazetesi National Turkish daily newspaper published by İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. featuring fair and accurate journalism adhering to media ethics and universal modern values. Sold through newsstand/dealer sales and direct home delivery (elden dağıtım).
• Web Offset Printing Services Web offset printing services using one of Turkey's largest machine parks (Komori System 40, Komori System 38, Goss Urbanite), offering heatset and coldset printing with various folding and finishing options including gluing and cutting, for newspapers, magazines, and catalogs.
• Sheet-Fed Offset Printing Services Sheet-fed offset printing services ranging from single-color to complex multi-color printing with gloss and matte UV coating and varnish options, using Komori Lithrone, Roland, and Ryobi equipment for books, brochures, posters, and promotional materials.
• Prepress Services Prepress services including graphic design, page layout, DTP, digital retouching, digital plotter machines, and CTP plate exposure machines (14 CTP units including Kodak Trendsetter, Doie Thermal, Basys Print UV-Setters).
• Postpress & Finishing Services Turkey's largest and most modern bindery offering American binding, hard cover attachment, thread stitching, wire stitching, insert lines, shrink wrapping, pallet wrapping, and carton packaging using Müller Martini, Kolbus, Heidelberg, and Horizon equipment.
• Corrugated and Cardboard Packaging Production Production of corrugated and cardboard packaging, offset-printed cardboard, and laminated box packaging for food, electrical-electronics, small household appliances, hygiene, toys, textiles, cosmetics, automotive, and agriculture sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 55,000 newspapers/hour capacity at Istanbul facility alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• İhlas Haber Ajansı A.Ş.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1978İhlas Gazetecilik acquired a stake in İhlas Haber Ajansı A.Ş. on 31 December 2014, integrating news agency services into the İhlas Group's media ecosystem. İhlas Haber Ajansı operates under equity method accounting.
• Asahi Shimbun (Japan)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1978Dr. Enver Ören met Asahi Shimbun at the FIEJ Congress in Japan in 1978, which inspired Türkiye Gazetesi to adopt the direct home delivery (elden dağıtım) system. This influenced the newspaper's distribution model significantly.
• İrfan Bağımsız Denetim ve Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş.coreOthersIndependent auditing firm providing statutory and financial auditing services for İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş. as required by Turkish capital markets regulations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: German global leader in printing equipment and press manufacturing. Comparable as a major commercial printing industry player; İhlas Gazetecilik operates equipment from Heidelberg (Stahlfolder) among its fleet, making it a meaningful supplier-adjacent reference point for print technology trends.
• Toppan Holdings Inc. Japan-based global printing and packaging conglomerate with significant operations in corrugated and paper packaging. Comparable as a broad incumbent in integrated printing + packaging, mirroring İhlas Gazetecilik's strategic pivot from news printing into industrial packaging.
• Koenig & Bauer AG: German printing press manufacturer and one of the world's oldest printing equipment makers. İhlas Gazetecilik operates multiple Koenig & Bauer presses (Komori System 40/38, Lithrone S40/LS40), making it a key supplier and a benchmark for the global print equipment industry serving commercial and newspaper printers.
• Quad/Graphics: Large US-based commercial printing company serving publishers, retailers, and direct marketers. Comparable as a globally scaled commercial printing operator with a diversified customer base across publishing and advertising end markets — similar to İhlas Gazetecilik's contract printing business.

Direct peers

• Ciner Yayın Holding (Habertürk / Show TV): Turkish media conglomerate owning Habertürk newspaper and Show TV. Directly comparable as a Turkish national newspaper publisher with diversified broadcasting and print media operations serving the same readership base.
• Doğan Şirketler Grubu (Hürriyet): One of Turkey's largest media conglomerates, publisher of the Hürriyet daily newspaper. Directly comparable national newspaper publisher operating in the same Turkish media market with similar overlap between newspaper publishing and commercial printing services.
• Turkuvaz Medya Grubu (Sabah): Turkish media group publishing the Sabah national daily and operating ATV broadcast. Directly comparable as another major national Turkish newspaper publisher with diversified media operations similar to İhlas Gazetecilik's newspaper-plus-adjacent-business model.
• Demirören Medya (Milliyet): Turkish media conglomerate publishing the Milliyet national newspaper and operating CNN Türk. Comparable as a direct competitor in the Turkish national daily newspaper market offering a similar integrated print + digital media model.

Others

• İhlas Holding A.Ş. Parent conglomerate of İhlas Gazetecilik, holding 7.14% directly and indirectly controlling İhlas Yayın Holding's 30.91%. Relevant for understanding group structure and intra-group transactions, but not a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Anadolu Ajansı (Anadolu Agency): Turkey's state-affiliated national news agency operating internationally. Comparable to İhlas Gazetecilik's minority stake in İhlas Haber Ajansı as a Turkish news agency competitor, though İhlas Gazetecilik itself is primarily a newspaper publisher rather than a wire service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/turkiye-gazetesi

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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