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The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) determined Turkey\u2019s top 100 companies based on the sales revenue growth rate for the period 2016-2018. Prepared together with the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), the list included Karen Enerji, a company affiliated with our group and the only firm from Kahramanmara\u015f, ranked 44th. The award ceremony was held via video application with the participation of Turkey\u2019s Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan and TOBB President R\u0131fat Hisarc\u0131ko\u011flu.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Despite the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, our group, employing 10,000 people across 6 main sectors, has continued its investments and achieved outstanding successes in every sector it operates in.<\/p>\n Our group\u2019s fields of activity focus on sectors where Turkey is most dependent on foreign sources. The best examples of this are our investments in paper and energy.<\/p>\n Regarding energy investments: In Ayd\u0131n Germencik, Maren operates 7 geothermal power plants; K\u00c7S Ayd\u0131n Branch has 2, and Kiper has 1, totaling 10 geothermal power plants. Additionally, Karen Kahramanmara\u015f Elektrik \u00dcretim A\u015e operates the Balkusan Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HES) facilities in Karaman. Together, these generate approximately 1,600 GWh of energy annually and employ around 400 people.<\/p>\n Karen Kahramanmara\u015f Elektrik \u00dcretim A.\u015e., operating in the provinces of Karaman, Ayd\u0131n, and \u0130zmir, marked a great success by ranking among TOBB\u2019s fastest-growing top 100 companies. The Balkusan Hydroelectric Dam and HES in Karaman have produced an average of 72 million kWh of energy per year so far. Additionally, Karen operates two geothermal drilling towers in Ayd\u0131n and has become one of Turkey\u2019s largest energy producers meeting the country\u2019s energy demand.<\/p>\n The award ceremony, which began with an opening speech by TOBB President R\u0131fat Hisarc\u0131ko\u011flu and was held online, was attended by Turkey\u2019s Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan and the owners and executives of the companies in Turkey\u2019s top 100 list. Representing our group at the ceremony was Murat G\u00f6kpur, Kipa\u015f Karen Operations Manager.<\/p>\n During the ceremony, Minister Ruhsar Pekcan expressed her gratitude to all sector representatives who continued working despite the challenging conditions caused by the pandemic and emphasized that the government will continue to provide economic support to businesspeople and employees with all available resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6862","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6865,"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6862\/revisions\/6865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kipas.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}