Altınbaş Jewelry, whose foundations laid by late Mehmet Altınbaş in 1950s, is the flagship of Altınbaş Holding which has over 30 companies operating in energy, finance, jewelry, transportation and construction sectors throughout Turkey and abroad.

Thanks to its 60 years of knowledge and experience, Altınbaş Jewelry, in addition to Turkey, successfully represents our country in various other competitive markets such as NCTR, USA, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia.

Every year, gold and diamond jewelry collections designed under a different theme are offered for sale in more than 35 countries at 110 franchise stores and 3000 sales locations to suit every taste.

All Altınbaş jewelry is designed with a unique blend of latest international trends and Turkish motives by a professional design team. Our jewelry is being manufactured under ISO 9001 quality standards at our high-tech Altınbaş Gold Factory in Istanbul, Beylikdüzü, which is presently the largest gold factory in Turkey.

As a pioneering firm, Altınbaş has also become a leading retail brand in the sector through effective communication and marketing strategies and accelerated brand development process of Turkish jewelry sector.

Backed by top quality products and service, Altınbaş is continuing its work aimed at combining its established brand name in Turkey with a successful image abroad.

Altınbaş Holding is one of the most important investment and business group of Turkey, performing in the fields of energy, finance, jewelry, logistics, real estate, education and sports.

Altınbaş Holding Energy Group carries out the storage, distribution and retailer sales activities in the fuel sector. Altınbaş Holding has achieved its greatest success with ALPET. Established in 1997 in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, ALPET has in a short time obtained a significant place in this industry thanks to its high quality service concept it has introduced to the energy sector. In 2001, Altınbaş Holding Energy Group expanded its fuel investment to Turkey with ALPET. ALPET is one of the companies growing at the greatest pace in the fuel distribution sector with over 450 stations across Turkey and its storage facilities in Kocaeli, İzmir, Antalya, Kırıkkale, Samsun, Mersin and Batman. Entering in to the Albanian market, ALPET has become the market leader within a short period of time and ranked among the “Top 10 companies operating in Balkan Countries” list announced by Deloitte in 2009.

ALPET Lubricants, another investment in the energy sector, produces and markets lubricants and lubricant products and coolant, especially for the automotive and industrial use, with its state-of-the-art blending and filling facility with a capacity of 75,000 tons, located in Çiğli, İzmir.

Altınbaş Finance Group carries out its activities successfully in the fields of factoring, investment and insurance with its banking and non-banking organizations. Main companies of Altınbaş Finance Group are Creditwest Bank (Cyprus), Creditwest Bank (Ukraine), Creditwest Factoring, Creditwest Insurance, Creditwest Finance and Altınbaş Precious Metals Exchange.

Delivering corporate and personal banking services with its headquarters in Nicosia and its branches across Cyprus, Creditwest Bank - Cyprus receives a larger market share in especially the banking sector by constantly increasing its range of products and service quality.

Continuing to develop with its experience in the field of finance by transferring it to abroad, Altınbaş Holding provides solutions creating difference in the fields of personal and corporate banking. Increasing its market share day by day, Creditwest Bank directs the commerce between Turkey and Ukraine with its branches in Ukraine.

Creditwest Factoring is one of companies generating high return at Istanbul Stock Exchange.

Altınbaş Precious Metals Exchange carries out the intermediary activities for purchase-sale of bullions and import transactions of the group companies and other customers. Altınbaş Jewelry Group is one of the major companies of Turkey in production, wholesale and retailer sales sector. Having the biggest and most modern gold processing facilities within Turkey, Altınbaş meets the customers through 135 concept shops and over 1000 sale points within the country and abroad.

ASSOS, one of Altınbaş Jewelry Group companies, provides services with 9 concept shops and over 500 sales points for diamond jewelry sector in Turkey and foreign countries.

Another brand of Altınbaş Jewelry Group, Ellda gold jewelry retailer provides services at more than 500 independent jewelry shops in Turkey.

Onsa, another company of Group, performs the export activities of Altınbaş Factory production to more than 45 countries.

Alstone brand carries out activities regarding export and distribution of diamond, precious and semiprecious stones. Alstone has always been the supplier and solution partner of diamond producers with the quality and wide range of its products.

Altınbaş Jewelry exports to more than 35 companies, including especially USA, EU Countries, Russia, CIS and the UAE.

Altınbaş Logistics Group performs its activities with Transal Shipping and Galata Shipping. Transal Shipping provides services on all the world seas to all domestic and foreign firms in the field of chemical substances and oil transportation.

Galata Shipping has been established to construct ships in world shipyards, especially in Turkey. The aim of Galata Shipping, setting its route towards growth, is to construct ships in Turkish and foreign shipyards.

Altınbaş Holding has also made its presence be felt in the field of real estate investment and development with the establishment of ALYAP company. ALYAP developed in 2008 the Caratpark Villas project still ongoing in Belek, generating tourism potential not only with its cultural, historical and natural structure but also with its qualified golf courts and facilities, therefore a unique place for golf tourism. ALYAP also continues with its project planning activities for real estates under the Holding and its affiliates in the domestic and foreign markets.

Altınbaş Holding performs corporate social responsibility projects in cooperation with Mehmet Altınbaş Education and Culture Foundation One of the most significant investments of Altınbaş Holding, donating in large amounts to education in every part of Turkey, is Istanbul Kemerburgaz University. Mainly students receiving scholarships will have education at the university which is planned to enter into service as a private university.

Holding provides support for social responsibility projects and regional development also for sport. The most important of all is the purchase of Göztepe Sports Club, one of the most established and successful sport clubs of Turkey, in 2007 with the tender of Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF). Today Göztepe plays matches in the professional league and achieves success.

Altınbaş Holding has entered into Sports Clothes and team sports products market with its brand Gozza. Its aim is to become a preference in the market of daily sports clothes and team sports products. The fan products of Göztepe have reached the 4th place regarding the sales numbers in the fan products market.

With its foundations back in 1950s, Altınbaş Holding today continues to grow with each day passing by and delivers added values to the economy of the country with its thirty five brands under its structure in the energy, finance, jewelry, logistics and real estates, its nearly 60 years of experience and its international investments over 3 continents. Altınbaş Holding with its assets volume over 2.5 billion dollars and 3500 employees today takes its place among the groups with the greatest growth rate in Turkey.

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