Rahmi Koç

Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman and chief technology officer (CTO) of Türkiye's leading drone maker Baykar, topped the list of highest-income taxpayers in 2023, the country's Revenue Administration said on Aug. 28.

Last year, 1.95 billion Turkish Liras ($52.4 million) of income tax accrued to Selçuk Bayraktar.

The fourth museum after the ones in Istanbul, Ankara and Cunda, the Ayvalık Rahmi M. Koç Museum has welcomed its guests since the beginning of the year. The museum's opening was celebrated with an event hosted by Koç Holding Honorary President Rahmi M Koç

An artwork titled "Anamorphosis Atatürk," made by Czech sculptor Patrik Prosko with the contributions of Temmer Marble, will be on display at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum from Oct. 29.

The artwork, prepared by the combination of 539 pieces from 93 different themes, symbolizes the life and values of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Exports by the divisions of Koç Holding, Turkey's largest conglomerate, make up fully 10 percent of the country's exports, the company's chairman told Anadolu Agency on Jan. 10.

The Rahmi Koç Museum, which opened after a restoration process on the Taxiarchis Church a few years ago on Cunda Island, aims for one million visitors, said Koç Holding Honorary Chair Rahmi M. Koç. 

Leading MIT Professor Daron Acemoğlu has received the “2017 Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science” for his “distinguished contributions to the economic realm globally,” according to Koç University, which presented him with the award on Nov. 22.

A total of 27 corporate tax champions and 53 top individual taxpayers in two top 100 taxpayers' lists have said they want to be kept anonymous, including Turkey's biggest corporate taxpayer. 

The founding family members of Turkey's Koç Holding and some non-management members of the family of another leading conglomerate, Sabancı Holding, have decided to sell stakes in the firms. 

Shares in the company fell sharply on May 25 following the related announcements. 

Ali Koç, a former official of Turkey's Fenerbahçe and a third-generation member of Turkey's wealthiest family, has confirmed he will run as a candidate in a bid to replace the Istanbul-based club's chairman, Aziz Yıldırım. 

Koç Holding has been named Turkey's most popular company for 2015, followed by Turkcell and Arçelik, another Koç company, according to a survey of senior executives conducted by monthly economy magazine Capital. 

Turkey's 20 most popular companies, as well as the most popular companies from 36 sectors, were named by the magazine in its 15th annual survey.