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Name and Aliases	Hacı Ömer Sabancı the founder of Sabancı family the family of Suzan Sabancı Dinçer alias Leila Köse alias a hidden Bush and Rockefeller family building financial empire based on illegal drugs and fake Turkish family history A general note: I was raised by a very large an very conning organized crime family called Baroudi, Bdeir, Abokurah and the rest of my fake family, which enabled me to smell this family as stinking rat that is pretending to be haci, in Arabic also Haji/hag, which very much means a person that went to Mecca, Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage, and they teach that in the school that a Haji or in Turkish Hci means an honest man that respect and fears God and never do anything wrong and he always says the truth and you can trust him and depend on him blindly. The result of all that is these mother fuckers that making the American think that they are protecting their interest in Turkey and making the Turkish people think that they are working for them against the American government and in reality they are cheating both sides and stealing them to death, because USA and the tax payers are in end effect paying for all these operations=a couple of Billion US Dollars to finance the smuggle operations and other illegal activities while the Hji and his evil children become richer and richer every single day by selling drugs on the street to our children financed by the tax payers Index of the what is below: A. This person is identified as B. Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings C. Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings More information from other sources D. Sabancı family from categorized A to Z E. Sabancı family F. Sabancı family detail G. Sakip Sabanci Museum Istanbul H. Wealthiest Dynasties in Greece and Turkey Due to complexity under construction This person is identified as: 1. As one of the major architect of mass killing the Kurdish people in Turkey, north Syria, north Iraq and North Iran enable they can take their land. Kurdish people are the native people of these areas just as they did with the native Arabs and covered it up by Palestinians, and in Afghanistan and covered it up as terrorists. In short the American military is one vicious mother fucker apparatus of mass murder and destruction of human lives enable the Rockefeller, Windsor, Bush, Kennedy, Stillman, my fake family and their allies can expand their wealth based on slavery 2. As the man that was generating money through illegal means also to be able as a Rockefeller to use this money for petroleum drilling 3. As the man that organized a mass illegal drug smuggle from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon through the American military and Air Force base Incirlik Air Base in Adana,Turkey as an alternative transportation mean to hiding it with the petroleum tankers, oriental food cans, spices liquid drinks and many other means to mass smuggle illegal drugs under the protection of the American military intelligence, CIA, KGB and many other so called Arab secret services that many members of my fake family are also member of these organizations, such as Samir Bdeir Abdalghani Abokurah, general Ahmad Saleh Sulaiman, Adel Hasan and many more 4. Is the head man to establish a mean of financing for smuggling American Gladio soldiers disguised as Turkish works to Germany and elsewhere in Europe among others by planting and selling illegal drugs, prostitutions, slavery and other means of quick money generating illegal businesses and cover it up as a mafia boss 5. As the man that was to organized a system to smuggle American military intelligence agents disguised as Turkish and send them to Germany and other European countries as Gladio soldiers for when needed, such as performing the vicious 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack and many other attacks and blaming it on Moslems, Kurdish, Palestinian and others 6. As the head of American military intelligence unit that was established after the second world war two enable to establish a huge presence in Turkey and steal the whole country that was already and to most part under their control due to the Tobacco 7. This man called Hacı Ömer Sabancı does not exist because of mainly 2 reasons: 7.1. This is a military intelligence family that were set together as multipurpose as describe above, while pretending to be only an organized crime family 7.2. An organized crime family that is set together out of various families from Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries with the goal of spreading the Islam by all means such as illegal drugs, prostitutions and other means as described above Until I come to this profile see the profile Incirlik Air Base in Adana,Turkey because this is a sub profile of the all American and English military intelligence agents mentioned in that Turkish profile
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Additional photo needed There are no official photos of Hacı Ömer Sabancı because he did not exist, he was made up to cover up for the setting of the American and English military intelligences agents that representing the Rockefeller, Windsor and other international organized crime families. The below 3 photos are the only photos I was able to find of this phantom man All the photos below are of Sakıp Sabancı, I did not create a profile for him, that allegedly died in 2004 and I strongly link him to John D. Rockefeller the third as shown to the right

John D. Rockefeller the Third alias Mr. Ruge alias the business partner of professor Dr. Helmut Fischer, the CEO of the brainwash and kidnap company UDF Consulting AG, alias Mr. Raja alias Fareed Al-Trash the father of Erol Sabancı the officla son of Hacı Ömer Sabancı alias the brother of John D. Rockefeller the Third=confusion-international organized crime family alias my fake family The American actor Abe Vigoda One of the hidden sons of Hacı Ömer Sabancı and very lookalike that they can even exchange places. This actor played in the movie the God-Father, a movie that was financed by the Pentagon, while pretending to be making hint over the God-Father in Turkey Hacı Ömer Sabancı to cover up his real objective, which is to steal and control Turkey while forcing it to be Moslem and pretending to be helping Turkey to become free and this since the second World war and before that it was performed by the English military. Click here to see the profile of Abe Vigoda. If you ask me, then the left man clalled “Sakıp Sabancı” an american military intelligence person stationed in Turkey faked his death with the help of CIA and went into another identity as Abe Vigoda. The actor in USA, where he can manage the huge amount of illegal drugs as a small time actor without getting any attention. For me both are the same persons

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Born	1906 Akçakaya village, Kayseri Province
Died	February 22, 1966(1966-02-22) Istanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Spouse	Sadıka Sabancı
Children	İhsan Sabancı, Sakıp Sabancı, Hacı Sabancı, Şevket Sabancı, Erol Sabancı, Özdemir Sabancı

Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1906 – 1966) was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiated the establishment of a dynasty of Turkey's wealthiest businesspeople.

He was born in Akçakaya, a small village in Kayseri Province in central Anatolia, Turkey. In 1921, a couple of years after the death of his father, the then fifteen-year-old youngster left his hometown and walked all the way to Adana to seek his fortune. He started his new life as a cotton picker. Soon, he became a broker for cotton harvesters. With the money he saved in a few years, Hacı Ömer entered the cotton trade, and in 1932 became a co-owner of a cotton spinning plant. At that time, the people working for him called him "Aga" ("Boss"). In 1943, he became a partner of YağSA, and in 1946 of MarSA, both production plants of vegetable oil and margarine, respectively. In 1948 Hacı Ömer established his own bank Akbank. In 1951 in Adana he founded the textile company Bossa, which became the largest integrated textile facility in Turkey. In the following years, he founded Oralitsa (1954), a roofing material factory, and Aksigorta (1960), an insurance company.

In 1928, he married Sadıka (1910-1988), who bore him six sons, İhsan (1931-1979), Sakıp (1933-2004), Hacı (1935-1998), Şevket (1936), Erol (1938) and Özdemir (1941-1996). Hacı Ömer Sabancı and his family moved to İstanbul after purchasing in 1951, a mansion known as "Atlı Köşk" ("Equestrian Villa") on the European shore of Bosphorus in Emirgan. This house is used as the Sakıp Sabancı Museum today.

He died, a self-made rich man, on February 22, 1966 in İstanbul. He is commemorated by the holding company of the group, Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding, which was founded 1967 soon after his death in Adana. A charity institution, Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation "Vaksa" was established also in 1974 in Adana and named after him. The foundation built, among other things, a high school sports hall in İstanbul, a cultural center in Adana, dormitories in Ankara and Adana, and primary schools in Kayseri and Van, which are dedicated to him.

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· Biography at Sabancı Holding website

· Milestones of Sabancı Holding (Turkish)

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Parents	Hacı Ömer Sabancı: 1906-1966 • Sadıka Sabancı: 1910-1988
Children	İhsan: 1931-1979 • Sakıp: 1933-2004 • Hacı: 1935-1998 • Şevket: 1936 • Erol: 1938 • Özdemir: 1941-1996
Notable grandchildren	Güler: 1955 • Ömer: 1959 • Mehmet: 1963-2004 • Dilek: 1964 • Suzan Sabancı Dinçer: 1965 • Demet Sabancı Çetindoğan: 1965 • Ali: 1969 • Demir: 1971 • Sevil: 1973
Notable fourth-generation members	Faruk: 1992
Major companies	Sabancı Holding • Akbank • TEMSA • Pegasus Airlines
Social and cultural institutions	Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation • Sabancı University • Sakıp Sabancı Museum • Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı
Türk işadamı
Doğum	1 Ocak 1906(1906-01-01) Türkiye / Kayseri
Ölüm	2 Şubat 1966 (60 yaşında) Türkiye / İstanbul
Meslek	İşadamı
Çocukları	İhsan Sabancı Sakıp Sabancı Hacı Sabancı Şevket Sabancı Erol Sabancı Özdemir Sabancı

Hacı Ömer Sabancı (d. 1 Ocak 1906 – ö. 2 Şubat 1966), Sabancı Holding'in kurucusudur. Kayseri ili Talas İlçesinden yaya yoluyla gittiği Adana'da iş hayatına başlamıştır. İşe pamuk ve margarin ticareti ile başladı. Bugün Sabancı Topluluğu'nu meydana getiren sanayi kuruluşlarının temelini oluşturan ilk şirketler, Hacı Ömer Sabancı tarafından kuruldu.

Hayatı [değiştir]

Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Orta Anadolu'da Kayseri'nin küçük bir köyünde, Akçakaya'da doğdu. 13 yaşında babası Hacı Arap Sabancı'yı kaybettikten birkaç yıl sonra (1920 yılında), talihini denemek için köyünden ayrılan Hacı Ömer, 450 kilometrelik yolu yaya olarak katederek pamuk diyarı Adana'ya göç etti. Adana'daki yeni hayatına pamuk işçisi olarak başlayan Hacı Ömer, kısa sürede işçi müteahhitliği'ne başladı, bir iki yılda yaptığı tasarruflarla pamuk ticaretinde mütevazı bir iş kurdu. O dönemde yanında çalışan işçiler Hacı Ömer'i "Ağa" diye çağırmaya başladılar. 1928 yılında Sadıka Hanım'la evlendi ve İhsan, Sakıp, Hacı, Şevket, Erol ve Özdemir adında altı erkek çocuk sahibi oldu. 1943 yılında Yağsa'ya ortak olan Hacı Ömer, 1946 yılında arkadaşları ile beraber Marsa'yı aldı. Yaratıcı gücü, ileri görüşü ve yılmayan gayreti sayesinde, başarı zincirine birçok halkalar ekleyen Hacı Ömer önderliğinde, daha sonraki yıllarda sırasıyla Akbank, Bossa Un ve Çırçır Fabrikası, Bossa Tekstil Fabrikası, Oralitsa, Aksigorta, Teknosa kuruldu. 1951 yılında Atlı Köşk'ü alan Hacı Ömer, ailesiyle birlikte İstanbul'a taşınmanın ilk adımlarını da atmış oldu. Hacı Ömer Sabancı Vakfı VAKSA tarafından Hacı Ömer Sabancı adını taşıyan İstanbul'da Galatasaray Lisesi kapalı spor salonu ve VAKSA tarafından yenilenen tarihi Beylerbeyi Lisesi isim olarak Beylerbeyi Hacı Sabancı Anadolu Lisesi olarak değiştirildi, Adana'da kültür merkezi ve teknik öğrenci yurdu, Ankara'da kız öğrenci yurdu, Kayseri ve Van'da ilköğretim okulları yaptırıldı. 1950 yıllarında Türkiye'nin en zengin insanı idi. 1966 yılında, şeker ve kalp rahatsızlıkları nedeniyle İstanbul Hilton Oteli 237 numaralı odada vefat etti.Cenazesi vasiyeti üzerine Adana'ya getirilip defnedildi.

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Aile büyükleri	Hacı Ömer Sabancı: 1906-1966 • Sadıka Sabancı: 1910-1988
Çocuklar	İhsan: 1930-1979 • Sakıp: 1933-2004 • Hacı: 1935-1998 • Şevket: 1936 • Erol: 1938 • Özdemir: 1941-1996
Torunlar	Güler: 1955 • Ömer: 1959 • Mehmet: 1963-2004 • Sevgi: 1963 • Murat: 1964 • Suzan Sabancı Dinçer: 1965 • Sevilay: 1959 • Ali: 1969 • Demir: 1971 • Sevil: 1973
Büyük şirketler	Sabancı Holding • Akbank • SASA •Temsa • Pegasus Hava Yolları
Kuruluşları	Hacı Ömer Sabancı Vakfı • Sabancı Üniversitesi • Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı (born January 1, 1906 – February 2, 1966), the founder of Sabancı Holding. Kayseri Province Talas District started his business life he went through the pedestrian in Adana. It began with the trade of cotton and margarine. Photos of Sabanci group, the first companies that make up the basis of industry organizations, was founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı.

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Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a small village in Kayseri in Central Anatolia, was born in Akçakaya. at age 13, after several years of losing his father, Haci Sabanci Arab # talihini # in 1920, Hacı Ömer, 450 kilometers from the village of allocated to try way pedestrian immigrated to the land of Adana as ending at cotton. Starting a new life as a cotton worker in Adana HACI Omer, as soon as the workers began, one of the two years that he should go to the contracting cotton trade in modest job. At that time, by workers, "Network" he began to call the Hacı Ömer. in 1928 he married Sadıka Hanım, and İhsan, Sakip and Pilgrim, Şevket, Erol Ozdemir was named six men to have children. in 1943, the Yağsa, are common, together with his friends, HACI Omer, in 1946, Marsa. Thanks to the creative force, advanced and yılmayan endeavors, many rings by HACI Omer led to a chain of success in later years respectively, and cotton gin Factory Of Akbank, Bossa, Bossa textile mill, Oralitsa, AK insurance, Teknosa is founded. in 1951, Equestrian Pavilion to İstanbul with his family the HACI Omer, the first steps of the migration. Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation VAKSA by HACI Omer Sabanci Galatasaray Lycee indoor sports hall in İstanbul, with the name and date of the renewed by VAKSA HACI Sabanci Anatolian High school as the Beylerbeyi high school name was changed, as the Beylerbeyi Adana cultural center and technical student residence, Ankara in female student dormitory, Kayseri and Van, commissioned in primary schools. in 1950, he was the richest people of Turkey. in 1966, the sugar and heart disease died because of the İstanbul Hilton Hotel in room 237.He was buried on his will and to Adana.

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The Sabancı family is a dynasty of Turkish businesspeople founded by Hacı Ömer Sabancı, a self-made wealthy trader. Some second and third generation members of the family control today Turkey’s largest and prestigious group of companies, established mostly by the efforts of his son Sakıp Sabancı. After the death of Sakıp Sabancı, also known as Sakip Aga, in 2004, the granddaughter of the founder, Güler Sabancı, is chosen to run the Sabancı Holding today.

· Hacı Ömer Sabancı (1906 Kayseri – 1966 İstanbul) married (1928) Sadıka Sabancı (1910–1988)

o İhsan Sabancı (1931 Kayseri – 1979) married (1953) Yüksel Tarcan

§ Güler Sabancı (1955 İstanbul) (f)

§ Ahmet Yakup Sabancı was married (1992–2000) to Selda Eralp

§ İhsan Erol Sabancı (1993)

§ Nur Sabancı (f)

o On his second marriage (religious marriage) with Nevin Tenik:

§ Sevgi Sabancı (1963) (f)

§ İhsan Mashari (1993 London) (m)

§ Serra Mashari (1995 Istanbul) (f)

§ Murat Sabancı (1967) (m)

§ Eren Sabancı (1996 London) (m)

§ Sevilay Sabancı (1968) (f)

§ Melisa Çınar (1997 Adana) (f)

§ Sıla Çınar (2004 Adana) (f)

o Sakıp Sabancı (1933 Kayseri – 2004 İstanbul) married (1957) Türkan Civelek

§ Dilek Sabancı (f) (1964)

§ Metin Sabancı (1970)

§ Sevil Sabancı (1973 İstanbul) (f) was married to Eran Tapan

§ Melissa Sabancı (1993) (f)

o Hacı Sabancı (1935 Kayseri – 1998 İstanbul) married (1959) Özcan Sabanci

§ Ömer Sabancı (1959 Adana) married (1986) Arzu

§ Haci Sabanci (1987 Istanbul)

§ Hakan Sabanci (1991 Istanbul)

§ Kerim Sabanci (1996 Istanbul)

§ Demet Cetindogan (f) married Cengiz Cetindogan

§ Piril Cetindogan (1991 Istanbul)

§ Merve Cetindogan (1993 Istanbul)

§ Cevdet Cetindogan (1995 Istanbul)

§ Mehmet Sabancı (1963 Adana– 2004 London) married Zeynep Sabancı (vice-president of Fenerbahçe SK)

§ Faruk Sabanci (1992 Istanbul)

§ Burak Sabancı

o Şevket Sabancı (1936 Kayseri) married Hayırlı Zerrin

§ Emine Kamışlı (f) married Erhan Kamisli

§ Fethi Kamisli (1991)

§ Kerem Kamisli (1993)

§ Ali İhsan Sabancı (1969 Adana) married (1995) Vuslat Doğan Sabancı (1971)

§ Şevket Emrecan Sabancı (2001)

§ Kaan Ali Sabancı (2003)

§ Sadika Sabanci married Aziz Koseoglu

o Erol Sabancı (1938 Kayseri) married Belkıs

§ Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (f) (1965) married (1995) Haluk Dinçer (1962)

§ Haluk Akay Dinçer (1996)

§ Ceyda Dinçer (f) (1998)

§ Çiğdem Sabancı Bilen (f) (1969) married (1996) Faruk Bilen (1969)

o Özdemir Sabancı (1941 Adana – 1996 İstanbul) married (1970) Sevda Girişken

§ Demir Sabancı married Aslihan

§ Oya Sabanci

§ Bora Sabanci

§ Serra Sabancı (f) (1975 Adana)

[edit] See also

· Sakıp Sabancı Museum

· Sabanci University

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The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).

· Sabancı family A · Akbank · Ali Sabancı D · Demir Sabancı · Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall E · Erol Sabancı F · Faruk Sabancı G · Güler Sabancı H · Hacı Sabancı

H cont. · Hacı Ömer Sabancı Foundation I · İhsan Sabancı M · Mehmet Sabancı O · Hacı Ömer Sabancı · Ömer Sabancı · Özdemir Sabancı P · Pegasus Airlines S · Sabancı Center · Sabancı Holding

S cont. · Sakıp Sabancı · Sakıp Sabancı Museum · Sevgi Sabancı · Sevil Sabancı · Şevket Sabancı · Suzan Sabancı Dinçer T · TEMSA Τ · Template:Sabancı family

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Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings A.S.

Address:
Sabanci Center 4
Levent
80745 Istanbul
Turkey

Telephone: (90) 212-2816600
Fax: (90) 212-2810272
http://www.sabanci.com.tr

Statistics:
Public Company
Employees: 31,380
Sales: $5.85 billion (2001)
Stock Exchanges: Istanbul
Ticker Symbol: SAHOL
NAIC: 313210 Broadwoven Fabric Mills; 115116 Farm Management Services; 326211 Tire Manufacturing (Except Retreading); 423110 Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers; 423690 Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers; 424490 Other Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers; 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; 522298 All Other Non-Depository Credit Intermediation; 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies; 561520 Tour Operators


Key Dates:
1932: Haci Omer Sabanci buys a stake in a cotton ginning mill, Circir Fabrikasi.
1943: Sabanci buys a share of Turk Nebati Yaglar Fabrikasi, a manufacturer of vegetable oils.
1946: Sabanci acquires a second vegetable oil plant and forms Toroslar Trading Company (renamed Marsa in 1973).
1948: Sabanci forms Akbank in partnership with others.
1950: Sabanci sets up Bossa, a flour and cotton ginning mill.
1951: Bossa begins the production of textiles.
1966: Haci Omer Sabanci dies; the company is taken over by his five sons and is soon regrouped as Haci Omer Sabanci Holding.
1968: The Temsa vehicle manufacturing and distribution subsidiary is created.
1974: Company headquarters move to Istanbul.
1983: The company begins a licensing and manufacturing agreement with Komatsu and Mitsubishi through Temsa.
1997: Danonesa joint-venture with Groupe Danone is established.
1999: Sabanci University opens.
2000: Sabanci Museum opens.


Company History:

Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings A.S. is one of Turkey's largest companies, posting almost $6 billion in sales per year. Sabanci's holdings include some 75 companies--including 13 publicly listed companies--spanning a wide variety of industries. Many of Sanbanci's holdings are in joint-venture with large foreign firms created in the 1980s and 1990s. At the beginning of the new century, however, Sabanci began to reduce its emphasis on partnerships in favor of pursuing its own international expansion. Sabanci Holding is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange, although the company remains controlled at 85 percent by the founding Sabanci family. Nonetheless, the family has taken steps to reduce its direct participation in the company and its holdings since the late 1990s, increasingly turning over operational direction to professional managers.

Sharecropper to Industrialist in the 1930s

Born in 1906, Haci Omer Sabanci represented one of Turkey's greatest rags-to-riches stories. When Sabanci was five years old, his father died; at the age of 14, Sabanci left his village, Akçakaya, in the Kayseri region, to seek work in the cotton fields of Adana, reportedly making the entire 450-kilometer journey by foot. Sabanci found work as a worker on a cotton plantation. By 1925, Sabanci had begun sharecropping his own plot of land, and by 1932 Sabanci had saved up enough money to invest in a cotton gin, Çirçir Fabrikasi.

With the profits from that investment, Sabanci turned to vegetable oils in the 1943, buying a stake in Türk Nebati Yaglar Fabrikasi, founded in 1925 as the Glido Oil Factory and later to become known as Yagsa. Sabanci continued to seek out investments and in 1946 purchased a second vegetable oil factory. Sabanci grouped his vegetable oil businesses under a new company, Toroslar Trading Company, which formed the first cornerstone of the future Sabanci empire. Toroslar began producing margarine in 1957 under the name Kitchen Margarine; in 1967, the company introduced its Breakfast Margarine brand, which was followed by the launch of Evet margarine in 1973. In that year, Toroslar's name was changed to Marsa (the "sa," the initial letters of the word "Sanayi" was by then already a standard feature of Sabanci's company naming system).

By then, Sabanci had already become a diversified conglomerate. The 1950s had seen a period of strong growth for Sabanci's interests. In 1949, Sabanci acquired his first farm, Misirli, in Cukurova-Ceyhan. The following year, Sabanci established a combination flour mill and cotton ginning mill, Bossa, to process the company's crops. By 1951, Bossa's production had grown sufficiently to set up a textiles subsidiary, Bossa Textiles. Through the remainder of the decade, Sabanci, joined by his five sons, continued to add onto his farming, ginning, and textiles interests, acquiring three more farms, bringing the company's total acreage to 2,200 acres. The group launched Sapeska Textiles and Soil Products Manufacturing and Trading Inc. in 1958.

Another rising area for the group was the banking and insurance sector. Sabanci entered that market in 1948 with the launch of Akbank--named for Sabanci's home village--in a partnership with a shareholding group made up of people from the Adana and Kayseri regions. The Sabanci family controlled the majority of the bank and remained its major shareholder at 40 percent even after its later public offering. Akbank grew quickly, opening a branch in Istanbul by 1950; that city became the bank's headquarters in 1954. By the mid-1960s, Akbank operated more than 100 branch offices. In 1964, Akbank opened its first foreign office in Frankfurt, Germany, following the wave of Turkish "guest workers" emigrating to Germany, the Netherlands. and other European countries. Back home, Akbank's success led the Sabanci family to enter the insurance branch as well, founding Aksigorta AS in 1960, initially as a subsidiary to Akbank, growing it into the largest non-life insurance company in Turkey.

Sabanci invested in other areas as well. In 1949, he was behind the creation of the Erciyes Palas, a vast complex featuring a hotel, movie theater, shopping center, and restaurant in Adana. In 1954, Sabanci entered the building sector itself, launching the Oralitsa Construction Materials Trading company.

Billionaires in the 1980s

By the time Haci Omer Sabanci died in 1966, the family was already one of the Adana region's most prominent. Under Sabanci's five sons and other members of the Sabanci family, the company, reformed as Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings in 1967, was to become one of the largest corporations in all of Turkey.

Sabanci's sons inherited not only their father's business talents but also his wide-ranging interests. In 1966, the group launched SASA Synthetic Fibres Inc., which was followed by the creation of Istanbul Nylon Yarn Inc., later known as Insa, in 1967. These investments led the group to enter the plastics sector in 1971 with the launch of its Pilsa extruded PVC pipe manufacturing company. Another new area of business for the company was the commercial and construction vehicle sector, which Sabanci entered with the creation of Temsa Thermo Mechanical Equipment Inc. in 1968. That company began manufacturing buses as well as acting as a distributor for other truck, bus, and commercial vehicle brands.

The group entered yet another business area, that of cement manufacturing, with the creation of Akcimento Cement Inc. in 1967. Sabanci's interest in that sector was extended in 1972 with the launch of Cimsa, in Mersin, which began production of white cement in 1975 and later became the world's leading producer in that cement segment. By then, Sabanci Holding had stepped up its textiles operations as well, forming the Yunsa Carpet and Worsted Products, becoming one of the top five worsted fabrics companies in Europe and the largest in Turkey. The company's interests in textiles also led it into a related area, that of the production of cords for automotive tires, establishing Kordsa in 1973. From there, Sabanci moved into tires themselves, forming Lassa in 1974 in order to produce tires under license with Bridgestone.

In 1974, Sabanci moved its headquarters to Istanbul and continued to add to its growing empire. In 1976, the company founded its own electronics firm, BIMSA (for Sabanci International Business Information and Management Systems). The company created Cipas Cement Products in that year as well. Sabanci moved into aluminum in 1980 with the purchase of Nasas Aluminum Corp., and in that year also added paper supplies with through a new company, Donkasan.

By the end of the 1970s, Sabanci became interested in the international trade sector and launched new companies Exsa Handels GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1978 and Holsa Inc. in New York in 1980. Other international moves followed in the new decade with the launch of Ak International Bank (later Sabanci Bank) in London in 1981 and Universal Trading (Jersey) Ltd., which was also based in London.

Sabanci's growth during this period became marked by a long series of partnerships. Sabanci's position as one of Turkey's largest and most internationally oriented companies attracted the interest of a variety of foreign companies attempting to enter the Turkish market, and the company was able to conclude a number of strategic partnerships and joint-ventures to boost its domestic and international position. One of the first of these was with the Netherlands' Philips, which formed the joint-venture partnership Turk Philips with Sabanci in 1977. The two companies increased their relationship in 1985 with the creation of a second partnership, Turk Philips Illumination Industry and Trade Inc. That year, the company formed its first banking joint venture, with Banque National de Paris, forming BNP-Akbank.

The Temsa vehicle subsidiary also grew strongly through partnerships, notably with Komatsu and Mitsubishi, which enabled Sabanci to break the near-monopoly enjoyed in Turkey until then by France's Renault. Beginning in 1983 and extending throughout the decade, Sabanci signed a number of distribution, licensing, and manufacturing agreements with the two Japanese vehicle groups.

The year 1987 marked a new phase in Sabanci's growth as it formed a number of major partnerships, including the Dusa yarn manufacturing company, Sabanci's first partnership with DuPont. That year, the company formed the Beksa joint-venture with Belgium's Bekeart to produce steel cord and other products for the tire and other industries. In 1988, the company created Brisa in partnership with Bridgestone, which took over Sabanci's Lassa tire operation. In that year, also, Germany's Dresdner Bank joined the BNP-Akbank joint-venture, which was then renamed BNP-AK-Dresdner Bank.

By the end of the 1980s, Sabanci family holdings had passed the billion-dollar mark, making the Sabancis one of the richest in Turkey and establishing Sabanci Holding as one of the country's top privately held companies. Yet the 1990s were to prove to be a period of still stronger growth for the company.

Going It Alone in the 21st Century

Partnerships remained Sabanci's vehicle for expansion into the 1990s. In 1991, the company formed its Philsa joint-venture with Phillip Morris to manufacture cigarettes and other tobacco products for the Turkish market. That partnership led to a second joint-venture, this time between Sabanci's Marsa subsidiary and Philip-Morris's Kraft Foods, which jointed together to create the Marsa KLS Food Products Manufacturing company in 1993. That move expanded Sabanci's food production beyond margarine and oils into a wider variety of food products. In 1994, Sabanci took over the marketing and distribution of Philip Morris's cigarette brands when the two companies formed a new joint-venture, Philip Morrissa.

Sabanci, which had established a number of hotels during the 1990s, formed a joint-venture with Hilton Hotels International in 1993. The company also moved into automotive production and distribution with its Toyatosa joint-venture with Toyota in 1994. While joint-ventures remained an important part of Sabanci's expansion, the company meanwhile continued to develop its international trading network, notably with the opening of new Exsa subsidiaries in Spain, Italy, and Germany in 1995. The following year, as the Turkish government began a privatization program of the country's utilities sectors, Sabanci entered the energy market with the launch of its Enerjisa Energy Production subsidiary.

Food products gained prominence in Sabanci's holdings in the late 1990s, particularly with the formation of the Danonesa dairy and food products joint-venture with France's Danone in 1997. That year, also, the company made its first venture into retailing, joining with French hypermarket powerhouse Carrefour to form the Carrefoursa joint-venture, which took over Carrefour's single Istanbul hypermarket and set an objective to open up to 23 hypermarkets by 2002. The company also expected to help fill its hypermarket's shelves--in 1998, Danonesa became one of Turkey's leading food products groups with the acquisition of the Tikvesli Company. Another acquisition, this time of Birtat, followed in 1999.

Sabanci's relationship with DuPont deepened at the turn of the century with the joint acquisitions of a number of industrial yarn and cord producers in South America. The two companies then formed Dupontsa Polyester Europe in 2000, which led the way to the creation in 2001 of Dusa International LLC, "the world's leading global supplier of heavy decitex nylon industrial yarn and tire cord fabric," according to the company. Other significant joint-ventures of the time include the Sakosa industrial yarn and cord joint-venture with the U.S. company Koch and Mexico's Saba, formed in 1998, and the ready-to-wear clothing joint-venture with Britain's Arcadia, Giysa Sabanci, formed in 1999.

Sabanci was undergoing an internal transformation as it prepared to enter the new century. A McKinsey survey, which revealed that 80 percent of family-owned businesses in developing countries failed by the third-generation of family ownership, convinced the Sabanci family to transition its company to a more professional management structure. Part of that process began in 1997 when Sabanci Holding went public on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. While the Sabancis retained 85 percent of the company's shares, the move helped ease most of the Sabanci family out of the main management positions within the holding company and its subsidiaries.

The new management in turn took on a more conservative business approach. Whereas the company's previous investments and diversification decisions had been decided among the family, Sabanci now proceeded through conducting market research. The company also indicated its intention to streamline its extremely diversified holdings, exiting on number of areas of operations. Such was the case with its decision to end its joint-venture with Toyota in 2001, as well as the shutting down of its Philip Morris and Philips joint-ventures in the late 1990s. The company indicated that other sectors of operations, including its textiles holdings, were potentially sell-off candidates as well.

Sabanci's new management also prepared to reduce the company's reliance on its joint-ventures and instead to seek more of its domestic and international growth on its own. As part of that effort, the company began acquiring full control of some of its partnerships, such as Sakosa, which became fully owned by Sabanci in 2002. The company meanwhile targeted expansion of its tire and reinforcement-materials divisions--which, under Guler Sabanci, granddaughter of the company's founder, had grown into one of the sector's world leaders--with an entry into China and Indonesia in 2003.

Sabanci Holding by then had grown to a company with annual sales worth nearly $6 billion per year. The company took on a new CEO, Dr. Celal Metin, in April 2003. The Sabanci family in the meantime had turned its fortune to philanthropy. In 1999, the group opened its own private university, Sabanci University, promising low tuitions; under family head Sakip Sabanci, son of Haci Omer and company chairman, the group has also created the Sabanci Museum.

Principal Subsidiaries: Akbank (40%); Akçansa; Akkardansa; Aknet; Beksa (50%); Bossa; Brisa; Carrefoursa (50%); Çimsa; Danonesa (50%); Dönkasan; DuPontsa B.V. (50%); Dusa Interantional (50%); Exsa; Enerjisa; Exsa Deutschland; Exsa (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom); F. Hefti & Co. AG (Germany); Holsa Inc. (United States); I-Bimsa (50%); Insa; Karçimsa; Kraftsa (50%); Marsa KJS (50%); Olmuksa (50%); Oysa Nigde; Oysa Iskenderun; Philsa (25%); Philip Morissa (25%); Pilsa; Sapeksa; Sabanci Bank plc; Temsa; Turk Notka Net; Universal Trading (Jersey LTD); Yünsa.

Principal Operating Units: Banking and Insurance; Automotive; Tire and Reinforcement Materials; Chemicals; Cement; Food; Retailing; International Trade; Textiles.

Principal Competitors: Koç Holding A.S.; Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin.

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Further Reading:

• Barham, John, "Europe: Conglomerates Rule the Roost in Turkey," Financial Times, August 21, 1997, p. 20.
• Boulton, Leyla, "Power Is Passing to the Professionals--Slowly," Financial Times, November 22, 1999, p. 3.
• Dannenberg, Nikki, "Sabanci Takes Koc to School," Institutional Investor International Edition, November 1998, p. 18.
• Raleigh, Patrick, "Sabanci to Take KoSa's Stake in Tyre Cord JV: Turkish Group Takes Full Control of Polyester Fibre Maker," European Rubber Journal, January 2002, p. 12.
• White, Liz, "DuPont and Sabanci Finalize Nylon JV," European Rubber Journal, February 2001, p. 3.
• Rossant, Juliette, "Turkey's Tire Queen," Forbes, July 5, 1999, p. 190.

Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 55. St. James Press, 2003.

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The Rich List 2005: Top Ten Wealthiest Dynasties in Greece and Turkey

January 24, 2006

By Ioannis Michaletos in Athens

Greece and Turkey are the two wealthiest countries in southeastern Europe. Their family fortunes are concentrated in select areas that go back for generations. In these archetypal Mediterranean nations, familial dynasties rather than individual businessmen thus ensure the transfer of power, prestige and wealth.

In 2005, the wealthiest Greeks and Turks continued to branch out into new areas of the economy and have attained considerable political clout. Moreover, each year they give large sums for charity and humanitarian and educational organizations the world over.

This article introduces the ten wealthiest Greek and Turkish dynasties (five a side), and gives a short description of their assets, history and achievements.

However, readers should note that other tycoons may have been omitted due to limited space or other factors; for example, businessmen with dual nationalities, or those who spend most or all of their time abroad, or whose financial assets may be very considerable but at the same time too difficult to calculate (such as the Greek ship owners)- all these have been excluded from the present study.

Top Five Turkish Dynasties

1.) The Sabanci Family

The Sabanci family conglomerate is a formidable force in the Turkish market. They direct Sabanci Holding, considered to rank 85th among the world’s largest family-owned businesses. The patriarch of the family, Sakip Sabanci, died in April 2004.

Sabanci Holding encompasses a diverse range of economic activities. It has interests in tourism, textiles, chemicals, banking, the automotive industry and much more. Multinationals such as Du Pont, Toyota, IBM and the Altria group have formed partnerships with Sabanci-controlled industries and have formed a large basis of today’s Turkey’s industrial production.

The family patriarch was born in 1933 in Kayseri, into a rather poor family and maintained his folksy charm throughout; according to the Guardian, he “rejoiced in being known as “Sakip Aga’ – which translates roughly as Squire Sakip, or the big man of the village. To reinforce the point, he often spoke with a deliberate provincial drawl, which was his way of showing the country that, despite his wealth and influence, he had not lost contact with his origins.”

Mr. Sabanci managed throughout his life to create an economic empire and at the same time to help form a new breed of Turkish industrialists, who aspire to become not merely workers but leading shapers of new technology and industry in Europe. He was also a major donor for philanthropic institutions and the creator of the Sabanci University in Istanbul, one of the top academic institutions in the region. Furthermore, his Istanbul museum on the Bosporus, dedicated to fine arts and calligraphy, has gained an international reputation.

In the societal and political sphere, Sabanci and his family are considered very influential. It must be noted that the late Turkish prime minister, Turgut Ozal was a friend and a coordinator of his family’s interests, having predicted the dynamics of free-market economy and how productivity-driven entrepreneurs could lift the Turkish economy.

Facts: Sabanci Holding comprises 64 companies, 9 joint ventures and numerous real estate investments. Total revenues for 2005 are estimated at around 8.7 billion USD. They employ around 35,000 people.

Fortune: Sabanci’s family fortune is roughly estimated at 3.5 billion USD.

2.) The Koç Clan

The reigning king of Turkish businesses is Rahmi Koç. One of the most successfulbusinessmen of his generation, Mr. Koç commands a lot of respect in the international arena for his abilities and vision where financial issues are concerned. He directs the Koç conglomerate, which is very diversified and follows a complex business structure. He too has acquired a reputation for charity and thousands of people depend on his support for various needs.

Koç ‘s business interests lie in the food and automotive industry, retail and supermarkets, finance, construction, defense and other. Moreover, he was for a period of time during the 1990′s the driving force behind the expansion of Turkish international economic interests in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean area and has promoted economic cooperation with Greek, Israeli, American and Arab investors. He is also considered a staunch supporter of Turkey’s further consolidation within the EU structures, as well as an optimist about Istanbul’s role as a key city in the Balkans. Koç also started a museum which is billed as “the first major museum in Turkey dedicated to the history of Transport, Industry and Communications.”

Facts: The Koç conglomerate has 106 companies and an undisclosed number of business partnerships, virtually all over the world. Around 65,000 employees work in them.

Fortune: The estimated family fortune is around 3.2 billion USD.

3.) The Sahenk Family

Slightly lower profile but also fabulously wealthy is the Sahenk family. Ferit Sahenk is the chairman of Dogus Holding, which is active in a variety of fields such as construction, finance, tourism, media and other sectors.

The family also owns the well known and successful Garanti Bank, in which the GE Capital Corporation bought a 25 percent stake for 1.7 billion USD last year. This particular deal was rated as an important step towards greater liberalization in the Turkish banking sector, which had been severely affected by the 2001 economic crisis, and the Sahenk family received acclaim for this achievement. Having such a large amount of readily available capital naturally means that they would most surely capture the headlines with investments, either abroad or domestic.

Compared with other Turkish tycoons, the Sahenk family is generally considered as keeping a low profile, seeking little media exposure. Nevertheless, considering the amount of capital they have raised, it is more than certain that they will continue to play a very active role in the Turkish economy in the coming years.

Facts: The net worth of the Sahenk conglomerate is around 2.5 billion USD, with a turnover for 2005 of 6 billion USD. They employ about 18,000 people.

Fortune: Estimated at around 3.5 billion USD.

4.) Turgay Ciner and Family

A very shrewd businessperson with an unlimited capacity for achieving deals, mergers and opportunities, Turgay Ciner prides himself on being a self-made entrepreneur and doesn’t hide his ambition of taking on a greater role as far as business issues are concerned. His flagship company is the Park Group, which has invested capital in sectors like textiles, energy, media and mining. A lot of the production in the latter is being exported to Middle Eastern states, with the intention of expanding into the Chinese market.

Facts: Ciner employs around 14,000 people. Capital investments and revenues have not been found, but are considered to be almost as high as the previous three holdings.

Fortune: Estimated around 1.1 billion USD.

5.) Mehmet Karamehmet and Family

The Karamehmet family owns Turkcell, a mobile phone operator which is the largest in Turkey and amongst the top ten in Europe in terms of subscriber numbers. It is also listed on the NYSE. They also own the Superonline web portal, the largest inˆšÃ‡ Turkey, which also serves as an e-pass for all services controlled by the Karamehmet family. Where philanthropic matters are concerned, the family gives a lot in terms of scholarships as well as in donations towards football clubs and sports in general.

Facts: Turkcell has 2,300 employees, and 27 million subscribers, with a lot of growth potential in the Central Asia market.

Fortune: Around 3.5 billion USD.

Top Five Greek Dynasties

1.) The Latsis Family

The first name on the Greek list is that of Spiros Latsis, heir of the legendary self-made tycoon John Latsis. He is a very discreet businessman, who has carefully and methodically constructed a financial empire, whilst diversifying assets from shipping — the basis of his father’s wealth — into a variety of activities.

For example, a leading Greek bank, Eurobank, was created by Latsis in 1990; its ongoing success story includes success at home as well as expansion into the Balkans and planned expansion in Poland; the bank is shooting for 100 new branches throughout the northeastern European country by 2008.

Another notable Latsis investment is the Lamda Development Group, associated with the real estate sector, which has made notable achievements in Greece and Romania. Spiros Latsis also became a large shareholder in Hellenic Petroleum when his oil refinery was merged with it.

Like the other dynasties on the list, the Latsis family is also a great benefactor, donating educational scholarships for students and large sums each year for charities. Latsis’ key characteristic is his financial savvy and a great intellectual capacity for understanding the deep underlying challenges that accompany business expansion.

Facts: Eurobank employees number around 13,500; the bank has a market capitalization of 8 billion USD in the Athens Stock Exchange.

Fortune: The Latsis family fortune is estimated at around 6 billion USD.

2.) The Vardinoyannis Family

A very well known name in Greek business circles is that of the Vardinoyannis family. Unlike the other more or less patriarchal dynasties, the Vardinoyannis clan operates as a tight-knit group of relatives controlling numerous successful companies in a variety of sectors. The most important is the Avin International group, active in the area of oil transport, possessing a fleet of tankers and offices in locations across the globe.

The family also owns Motor Oil, an oil refinery in the Athens area which is the second largest in the Balkans and has an international clientele for its finished products. Other companies include the Star TV station and Village Cinemas.

The Vardinoyannis family is very well known for its donations to charities, and has very close relations with other rich and important families in the USA and the Arabic world. Its business philosophy is characterized by a tendency to tread cautiously and to promote the interests of the companies, without bowing to ephemeral passing trends and opportunistic temptations.

Facts: Motor oil has a market capitalization of around 3 billion USD. The total number of employees in all Vardinoyannis-controlled companies is difficult to calculate precisely, but they probably are around 15,000.

Fortune: Around 2 billion USD.

3.) Socrates Kokkalis and Family

The flamboyant Socrates Kokkalis heads up one of the richest and most important business empires in the current Greek business scene. A self-made, dynamic entrepreneur involved in electronics and new technology, Kokkalis has built from scratch a large conglomerate well known for the high technology of its products.

First among them is the Intracom Group, an electronics company that built Kokkalis’ image, for better and for worse, which has achieved over the years numerous contracts in multiple countries. The Intralot entity is a group specialized in designing, producing and implementing systems for lotto and other games of chance all over the world, from Ecuador to Russia to Thailand. It is considered the third-largest group of its kind and pundits predict it will reach the top by the end of the decade.

However, Socrates Kokkalis has also been dogged by scandals and lawsuits, which he vociferously argues are nothing more than politically-motivated smear campaigns by his business campaigners, involving alleged crimes ranging from sports-fixing and lottery fraud to ties with drug smugglers. Kokkalis’ main related characteristic is his business acumen, combined with a driving will to succeed.

Like the others on the list, Kokkalis has attempted to increase his influence and undertake philanthropic obligations through giving scholarships to Balkan students at his Kokkalis Foundation, located at Harvard University in the US.

Facts: Intracom has around a 750 million USD annual turnover, and 50 million USD profit. It employees around 8,000 people. Intrasoft has 1,500 employees and revenues of 400 million USD.

Fortune: Around 1.5 billion USD.

4.) Nikolaos Stasinopoulos and Family

Fourth on the list of the Greek rich and powerful is Nikolaos Stasinopoulos. He is a very discreet and productive captain of industry, and one who belongs literally to the group of businessmen that developed the post-WWII Greek industrial sector.

The family’s main company is Viohalko Holding, which has interests ranging in all areas of metallurgy. Other firms include ELVAL, which produces aluminum products, ETEM, Halkor, Sidenor and Fitco. All these companies are involved in the production of copper, steel and plastic, and have made real inroads on international markets. In fact, 6 percent of Greece’s total exports come from the Stasinopoulos string of companies. Mr. Stasinopoulos has held the title of greatest Greek exporter for quite some years. His main business characteristics are caution and discretion; he eschews public display of his wealth and strives for minimal media exposure.

Facts: Some 80 companies are owned partially or in full by Stasinopoulos. Viohalco alone employs around 8,000 people. The sum of exports made by his group in 2005 was around 1.5 billion USD.

Fortune: The Stasinopoulos fortune stands at around 1.2 billion USD; however, its sheer number and diversity of interests makes it difficult to estimate.

5.) The Mytilineos Family

The final Greek entry on the list is the venerable Mytilineos family, which has dealt in metal products since the late 19th century. The family owns the Mytilineos Holding consortium, which has a strong presence in the Greek and Balkan area in the aforementioned products.

They also have large stakes in Aluminium of Greece, the largest aluminum producer in the country, and the METKA Group, which is involved in the production of material used in electrical plants and in projects in the defense sector. Moreover, they are the main stakeholders in ELVO, which manufactures light-weight vehicles, mainly for the armed forces. As a family, the Mytilinios clan has strong ambition to get more involved in the emerging Balkan markets, especially in Romania.

Facts: Around 5000 employees in all companies, and Mytilineos Holding alone projects revenues of 1.3 billion USD for 2006.

Fortune: Roughly, around 1 billion USD.

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Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul

This is a private museum - one of the most popular type of museums in Istanbul. It was opened by a wealthy the Sabanci family to perpetuate their names, linking it with the city culture and history. After visiting this museum, you will understand this family has achieved its goal.

This museum contains everything associated with fine arts of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire from the earliest times to the present day. The Sabanci family - the second richest dynasty in Turkey after Koc - didn’t grudge money on rare exhibits. For example, items of Arabic and Ottoman calligraphy, documents of national importance, historical papers relating to religion and politics... And painting, of course! Only here you will see many pictures drawn by the painters of the Ottoman Empire.

The building of the museum, which exhibits all of these precious items, has its value. This is former summer residence of a family of millionaires, and now this is a room of private university. Before it was in the list of tenure of the Sabanci family, the mansion was a government building of the Ottoman Empire. It is usually used as a place of residence of the officials responsible for the administration of Egypt. Then the building was got out of pawn and presented to King Nicholas I of Montenegro by order of the Sultan. After that, there lived many nobles and royalty, and only in the mid 20th century the founder of the family dynasty Haci Omer Sabanci bought this house with a large sum of money. They put a bronze horse in the courtyard of the mansion, and the villa has been renamed into "The Equestrian Villa".

Today’s exposition, located at 4 thousand square meters, has more than 400 manuscripts from 14 to 20 centuries, 532 paintings, Chinese and Japanese porcelain and a collection of antique furniture. The exhibits of Sabanci Museum in Istanbul are very prestigious, they are often brought to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

The museum is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 except Wednesdays (from 10:00 to 22:00). The admission is 10 YTL, it’s about $6.

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Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda, June 2007
Born	February 24, 1921 (1921-02-24) (age 90) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–present
Spouse	Sonja Gohlke, 1st wife and Beatrice Schy,second wife 1968–92 (her death)

Abe Vigoda (pronounced /vɨˈɡoʊdə/; born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor who appeared in such movies as The Godfather and Good Burger. Vigoda is well known for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in The Godfather, and for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom television series Barney Miller from 1975–1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February 1977 to June 1978 on ABC. Vigoda was still also appearing on Barney Miller at the same time as he was on Fish during the 1976–1977 TV season; at the start of the 1977–1978 season, his character retired from the police force and left Barney Miller to focus full time on the spinoff.

Following an erroneous report of his death in 1982, and another in 1987, Vigoda has been the subject of various running gags about whether he is alive or dead. A website was mounted and a Firefox extension was written solely to report on Vigoda's status. Good naturedly, he made regular appearances on various television shows to make fun of the error. In February 2010, Vigoda appeared with fellow octogenarian Betty White in a widely seen and well-liked Superbowl ad for Snickers candy bars.

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Vigoda was born in New York City, the son of Lena (née Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, Jewish immigrants from Russia.^[1][2] His father was a tailor and had three sons; Abe Vigoda, Hy Vigoda and Bill Vigoda – a comic-book artist who drew for the Archie comics franchise and others in the 1940s.^[3]

Vigoda was married to Beatrice Schy from February 25, 1968 until her death on April 30, 1992. Abe has one daughter, Carol, from a previous wife, Sonja Gohlke. Carol gave him three grandsons: Jaime, Paulie, and Steven.^[4] Vigoda enjoys playing handball.^[5]

[edit] Career

Vigoda gained fame mostly as a supporting character. His best known role is that of elder mobster Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972). According to director Francis Ford Coppola's commentary on the DVD's widescreen edition, Vigoda landed the role of Tessio in an "open call," in which actors who don't have agents can come in for an audition.^[6] He gained further fame playing Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on Barney Miller, and then led its brief spinoff Fish until it was canceled in 1978. Before Barney Miller, he made a few appearances on the ABC TV soap Dark Shadows as Ezra Braithwaite and Otis Greene. He has also appeared in several Broadway productions, including Marat/Sade (1967), The Man in the Glass Booth (1968), Inquest (1970), Tough to Get Help (1972), and Arsenic and Old Lace (1987). His trademark hunched posture and slow delivery of lines made him appear older than he really was.

[edit] False reports of his death

In 1982, People magazine referred to Vigoda as dead. At the time, Vigoda was performing in a stage play in Calgary.^[5] He took the error with good humor, posing for a photograph published in Variety in which he was sitting up in a coffin, holding the mistaken issue of People. Jeff Jarvis, a People employee at the time, said that the magazine's editors were known for "messing up" stories, and one of them repeatedly inserted the phrase "the late" in reference to Vigoda, even after a researcher correctly removed it.^[7] The edited (erroneous) version was what went to print.^[7]

The error was repeated in 1987 when a reporter for Secaucus, New Jersey, television station WWOR, Channel 9 erroneously referred to him as "the late Abe Vigoda".^[8] She corrected her mistake the next day.^[8]

Vigoda has been the subject of many running gags related to mistaken reports of his death. In 1997, Vigoda appeared in the film Good Burger as the character Otis, a restaurant's French fry man. Several jokes were made about his advanced age, including Otis saying "I should've died years ago". A Late Night with David Letterman skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda's ghost, but Vigoda walked in and declared, "I'm not dead yet, you pinhead!"

In May 2001, a Web site was mounted with only one purpose: to report whether Vigoda was alive.^[9][10][11] In 2005, a "tongue-in-cheek" Firefox extension was released with the sole purpose of telling the browser user Vigoda's status.^[8][12]

Continuing with the gag, Vigoda appeared frequently to make fun of his status on the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, including a cameo on that show's final episode.

On January 23, 2009, Vigoda appeared live on The Today Show. He said he was doing well, joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice-over for an H&R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl. On December 30, 2009, Vigoda was invited back to The Today Show to appear live on the set for Matt Lauer's birthday party. Lauer called him "our favorite guest of all times". Vigoda returned to The Today Show on June 8, 2011, to celebrate Meredith Vieira's last day on the show. In a Comedy Central Roast of Drew Carey, with Abe Vigoda present in the audience, comedian Jeffrey Ross stated "and my one regret is that Abe Vigoda isn't alive to see this." He followed that with "Drew, you go to Vegas, what's the over-under on Abe Vigoda?"

Vigoda and Betty White, both 88 years old at the time, appeared together in "Game", a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The plot made fun of the advanced ages of the two actors. The USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the ad the highest of any shown during the game.^[13]

[edit] Filmography

· Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)

· The Godfather (1972)

· The Don Is Dead (1973)

· Newman's Law (1974)

· The Godfather Part II (1974)

· The Cheap Detective (1978)

· Cannonball Run II (1984)

· The Stuff (1985) (cameo)

· Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986)

· Keaton's Cop (1988)

· Plain Clothes (1988)

· Look Who's Talking (1989)

· Prancer (1989)

· Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

· Fist of Honor (1993)

· Me and the Kid (1993)

· Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) (voice)

· Home of Angels (1994)

· Sugar Hill (1994)

· North (1994)

· The Misery Brothers (1995)

· Jury Duty (1995)

· Love Is All There Is (1996)

· Underworld (1996)

· Me and the Gods (1997)

· A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)

· Good Burger (1997)

· Just the Ticket (1999)

· Tea Cake or Cannoli (2000)

· Crime Spree (2003)

· Chump Change (2004)

· Farce of the Penguins (2007) (voice)

· Frankie the Squirrel (2007)

· The Unknown Trilogy (2008)

[edit] Television work

· Studio One (1949)

· Dark Shadows (cast member in 1969)

· The Devil's Daughter (1973)

· Toma (1973)

· The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)

· The Rockford Files (1974)

· Hawaii Five-O (1974)

· Barney Miller (cast member from 1975–1977)

· The Bionic Woman (1976)

· Having Babies (1976)

· Fish (1977–1978)

· Soap (1978)

· The Comedy Company (1978)

· How to Pick Up Girls! (1978)

· Death Car on the Freeway (1979)

· B. J. and the Bear (1980)

· Gridlock (1980)

· The Big Stuffed Dog (1981)

· As the World Turns (cast member in 1985)

· Tales from the Darkside - A Choice of Dreams in 1986

· Superboy - "Back to Oblivion"

· Santa Barbara (cast member in 1989)

· MacGyver (ep. 7 season 6)

· Lucky Luke (1993) (canceled after 8 episodes)

· Law & Order (1995) (1 ep. as Briscoe's retired partner)

· Wings (1996)

· Witness to the Mob (1998)

· The Norm Show (1999) (1 ep. as Sal)

· Late Night with Conan O'Brien (recurring character)

· Family Guy (2001) (Cameo)

[edit] References

1. ^ U.S. Census, April 1, 1930, State of New York, County of Kings, Borough of Brooklyn, enumeration district 566, p. 14-A, family 10.

2. ^ Abe Vigoda from FilmReference.com

3. ^ Excerpts from interview with artist Gil Kane, The Comics Journal #186 (April 1986)

4. ^ Abe Vigoda bio from the Internet Movie Database

5. ^ ^{a b} Leopold, Todd (September 23, 2008). "Abe Vigoda is still alive, thank you very much". CNN Entertainment. http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-23/entertainment/abe.vigoda_1_phil-fish-abe-vigoda-police-car?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

6. ^ The Godfather: Widescreen Collection (DVD). Paramount Pictures. 2004.

7. ^ ^{a b} Silverman, Craig; Jarvis, Jeff (2009). Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech. Sterling. pp. 174–175. ISBN 1402765649. http://books.google.com/books?id=vdBOKzu91QEC&pg=PA174.

8. ^ ^{a b c} Brioux, Bill (2007). Truth and rumors: the reality behind TV's most famous myths. The Praeger television collection. Greenwood. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0275992470. http://books.google.com/books?id=voIe7XkFvEsC&pg=PA114.

9. ^ "Whois Record For AbeVigOda.com". DomainTools. http://whois.domaintools.com/abevigoda.com. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

10. ^ Ceilán, Cynthia (2007). Thinning the Herd: Tales of the Weirdly Departed. Globe Pequot. p. 210. ISBN 1599212196. http://books.google.com/books?id=af3e1Xpw4nUC&pg=PA210.

11. ^ New York (New York Magazine) 43: 239. 2010. "Vigoda's non-death (he is now 88) is a pop culture meme to this day. Abevigoda.com, for example, does only one thing: indicate whether Abe is alive or dead."

12. ^ "Abe Vigoda Status". Maximum PC: 33. Spring 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=jwIAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33.

13. ^ Othmer, James P. (February 8, 2010). "Super Bowl Ads Play It Safe". The Daily Beast. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/02/08/super-bowl-ads-play-it-safe.html. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

[edit] External links

· Sketch of Vigoda by cartoonist Drew Friedman

· Abe Vigoda at the Internet Movie Database

· Abe Vigoda at the Internet Broadway Database

· Abe Vigoda at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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