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2020 Annual Report
Milestones
Operating based on the motto of "doing the best" in
all stages of its corporate and operational structure,
Bilkent Holding has become a leading organization
that is defined as competitive, open to development
and innovation, reliable, environment-friendly,
professional as well as dynamic.
1960s 1970s 1980s
1968
• Dilek Construction was founded to
undertake the construction project of
Hacettepe Children's Hospital. With the
projects it completed, the company took its
place among the most robust and reliable
firms in the construction industry of
Turkey and involved in the construction of
almost all college campuses and hospitals
in Turkey.
1969
• Tepe Wood Metal & Machinery was
incorporated to undertake the
construction of wooden works and
furniture of Hacettepe Children's Hospital.
• Meteksan was incorporated to undertake
the provision of oxygen gas requirement
of Hacettepe University Hospital.
• Oxygen and Other Gases Filling Facility
was established by Meteksan.
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1974
• Tepe Marketing was incorporated to
carry out internal and external marketing
activities of Tepe Group products and
regional offices of the company in İzmir,
İstanbul, Antalya and Adana were
opened.
1975
• Beytepe Printing Facilities of Meteksan
Printing was established.
1976
• The first retail store was opened at Tepe
Marketing to market the products of Tepe
Group.
1977
• Tepe Prefabricated Construction was
incorporated.
1979
• The activities of the Oxygen and Other
Gases Filling Facility, established by
Meteksan, ended.
1983
• Beytepe Paper-Carton Production Facilities
were established by Meteksan Printing.
1984
• Bilkent University was founded.
• Betopan factory was founded and the first
cement chipboard was produced in
Turkey.
• During the establishment of Bilkent
University, all movable and fixed
furniture were produced by Tepe Wood,
Metal & Machinery.
1985
• Following the earthquake in Malatya,
prefabricated buildings were constructed in
the region by Tepe Prefabricated Construction.
1986
• Bilkent Holding was incorporated.
1987
• Biltepe started manufacturing
plasterboard and plaster products. In the
second half of 1997, the company merged
with the German company Knauf in the
production of cardboard plasterboard
and powder plaster and renamed Tepe
Knauf, and all shares of the company
were sold to Knauf in 1999.
• Bil Furniture factory was established in
Eskişehir Organized Industrial Zone for
the production of furniture products and
panels.
• Tepe Betopan made its first export.
1988
• Bilintur was incorporated.
• Tepe Kitchen was established to
manufacture modular kitchen and
bathroom cabinets.
1989
• As it started to operate in the construction
industry, the commercial title of Tepe
Wood Metal & Machinery was changed to
Tepe Wood, Metal & Construction.
• Alipsan was incorporated in order
to manufacture the machinery and
equipment required by printing facilities.
• Meteksan Printing was registered as a
joint stock company.
• Eskişehir Notebook Production Facility
was established by Meteksan Printing.
• Bilkent Insurance was established with
the purpose to provide insurance services
for Bilkent Holding subsidiaries and
Bilkent Holding employees.
• 5-star Movenpick Jolie Ville Hotel
constructed by Tepe Prefabricated
Construction in Cairo, Egypt.