Enka Insaat ve Sanayi A.S.
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| Traded as | BİST: ENKAI |
| Industry | Construction & Energy |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Enka Buildings, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Revenue |
 7.82 billion TRY (2009) |
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1.30 billion TRY (2009) |
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Number of employees
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29,738 (2005) |
| Website | www |
Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish construction conglomerate based in Istanbul. Enka has 37 subsidiaries engaged in a diverse range of construction activities including power generation, airports, petroleum, and roadways. Enka primarily operates in Turkey, the Commonwealth of Independent States, North Africa, and Europe.
Since 1957 ENKA has completed more than 400 projects throughout many, different countries and over four continents.
ENKA’s history begins in 1957 with the partnership between Şarık Tara and the late Sadi Gülçelik who was the husband of Tara's sister Vildan. The company was registered in İstanbul as a limited liability company with the name, “Şarık Tara ve Sadi Gülçelik ENKA Limited Şirketi”. The abbreviation "ENKA" comes from the phrase "enişte – kayınbirader", both words meaning brother-in-law in Turkish, or, more specifically, "the husband of one's sister or aunt" and "the brother of one's spouse", used to refer to Gülçelik and Tara respectively.
Its earliest projects included the construction of industrial plants, docks, marine slipways, shipyards, grain silos, bridges, roads and piers, all in the İstanbul area.
Among the significant projects of the early years were the construction of the Aksu paper mill, the Chrysler truck assembly plant and the Haydarpaşa grain silos in Turkey.
In the 1960s, ENKA made its first investments in two manufacturing industries with the establishment of the Pimaş Plastic and Altaş Steel Hand Tools factories.
In 1967, following a decade of rapid growth, the partnership was transformed into a joint stock company and its name was altered to “ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi Anonim Şirketi.”
ENKA’s activities shifted from local projects in the İstanbul region to larger and more diverse projects across Turkey and beyond.
The construction, in the 1970s, of the 150-MW Tunçbilek Thermal Power Plant stands out as ENKA’s first power project and the first step on the road to large-scale energy investments.
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