Ahmet Çalık
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Ahmet Çalık is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...
1958) is a Turkish businessman. He is Chairman of Çalık Holding.
Çalık's professional life began when he established Ortadoğu Tekstil Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. in 1981. As a member of a family that operates in the textile business
Textile industry
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since the 1930s, he made his first large-scale industrial investment by establishing GAP Güneydoğu Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. in Malatya. He made his first international investments in Central Asia
Central Asia
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n countries. Beginning from 1993, Çalık has invested in energy
Energy
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, telecommunications, financial services
Financial services
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, construction
Construction
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, media, textiles and trade. He founded Çalık Holding in 1997 with the intention of bringing all group companies together under the same roof.
Çalık was awarded the Turkish State Medal of Distinguished Service
State Medal of Distinguished Service (Turkey)
State Medal of Distinguished Service is one of the three civil state decorations of Turkey. The medal was established on October 24, 1983 with the Law on Medals and Orders, Act No. 2933...
in 1999, Turkish Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Distinguished Service Medal in June 2002, and Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Distinguished Service Prize in 2006.