GE is a leading player in finance, energy, aircraft engines, healthcare, consumer & industrial products, water treatment and processing technologies, media, and engineering fields in Turkey. Today, GE Turkey directly employs 500 people while more than 18,000 people are employed by its joint ventures and partnerships in the country.
Milestones:
1948 First industrial investment by a foreign company in Turkey
Light bulb factory with the Koc Group
1985 Tusas Engine Industries - TEI (46% GE)
Aircraft engine production plant in partnership with the Turkish government in Eskisehir
2000 Marmara Technology Center - MTC (100% GE)
One of the global GE Aviation engineering centers for process and inspection technologies, located in TUBITAK campus, Gebze
2000 CNBC-e
The first non-English CNBC content, operated by the Dogus Group
2001 Kale Power Controls (19% GE)
Partnership with the Kale Group
2005 Garanti Bank (25.5% GE)
Banking and finance partnership with the Dogus Group
2006 Dogus GE Real Estate (25.5% GE)
Partnership with the Dogus Group
2007 Turkish Technology Center
An engineering center established by TEI and MTC, focusing on design and development of new technologies for aircraft engines
2007 Gama Energy (50% GE)
A joint venture to develop energy projects
2008 GE Healthcare
Eastern & African Growth Markets (EAGM) regional HQ based in Istanbul
2008 GE Transportation
GE Transportation and Tulomsas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to supply the market with GE’s PowerHaul™ locomotives, to be manufactured in Eskisehir
GE Turkey At-a-Glance
Country Executive: Kursat Ozkan
Main Campus: Maslak, Istanbul
Number of Employees: 500
2009 Revenue: USD 1.4 billion