Mapa Group
{{Short description|Turkish conglomerate}}
{{Other uses|MNG (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Mapa Group
| logo = Mapa Group Logo.jpg
| type = Private
| founder = Mehmet Nazif Günal
| location_city = Istanbul
| location_country = Turkey
| key_people = {{ubl
| Murathan Doruk Günal (CEO)
}}
| revenue =
| industry = Conglomerate
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Mapa Group is a Turkish conglomerate owned by its founder, Mehmet Nazif Günal.{{cite news |last1=Weinberg |first1=Neil |last2=Bartenstein |first2=Ben |title=Ghosn Getaway Jet’s Other Job: Ferrying Venezuelan Gold |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-03/ghosn-getaway-jet-s-other-job-ferrying-venezuela-gold-to-turkey |accessdate=11 January 2020 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=3 January 2020}} They were formerly named MNG Group of Companies{{Cite web |date=2020-06-01 |title=We've grown stronger |url=https://mapa.group/weve-grown-stronger/ |access-date=2020-11-16 |website=Mapa Group |language=en-US}} ({{Langx|tr|MNG Şirketler Grubu}}) and MNG Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. is the holding company of the group.
History
Günal Construction, the first company in the group, was founded in 1976 by Mehmet Nazif Günal, followed by Mapa Construction in 1978. The companies became a joint stock company in 1983. The first large-scale construction projects the company undertook were the Afşin Elbistan Power Plant, completed in 1982, the Kralkızı Dam in 1984, and the Hilton Izmir, which was constructed in 1992.
In 1996 the company expanded its operations into air cargo, and created MNG Airlines, followed by an expansion into tourism in 1999. In 2013, the company won the tender to construct the new Istanbul Airport,{{Cite web|url=http://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/tuerkischer-investor-mischt-schweizer-clubfussball-auf-816442 |title=Türkischer Investor mischt Schweizer Clubfussball auf |language=German |website=HandelsZeitung.ch |accessdate=22 July 2020}} and in 2014 MNG finished construction on the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Azerbaijan. In 2000, MNG finished construction a recreation of the Topkapı Palace as a beach resort in Antalya,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/ruslar-antalyadaki-kremlin-icin-simdiden-kuyruga-girdi-96415 |title=Ruslar, Antalya'daki Kremlin için şimdiden kuyruğa girdi |language=Turkish |date=9 September 2002 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |accessdate=29 July 2020}} followed by the Kremlin Palace Hotel, a reconstruction of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Moscow Kremlin on the Antalya beachfront, which was completed in 2003.{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Matthew |last2=Finkel |first2=Isobel |title=What Turkey’s Fake Kremlin Tells Us About the Ruble Crash |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-18/what-turkey-s-fake-kremlin-tells-us-about-the-ruble-crash |accessdate=29 July 2020 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=18 December 2014}} The MNG Media Group launched TV8 in 1999, which was sold to Acun Ilıcalı and the Doğuş Group in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/haberleri/tv8 |title=Tv8 |language=Turkish |website=Hürriyet Daily News |accessdate=29 July 2020}}
MNG's equity securities brokerage arm MNG Securities was purchased by Lehman Brothers in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lehmanbrothers-turkey/lehman-expands-in-turkey-with-broker-purchase-idUSL189946320071018 |title=Lehman expands in Turkey with broker purchase |website=Reuters |date=18 October 2007 |accessdate=29 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119940115105266063 |title=Turkey's $10 billion plan |first=Dawn |last=Cowielhe |website=Wall Street Journal |date=4 January 2008 |accessdate=29 July 2020}}
Mapa Construction completed a new terminal at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana in 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://www.africanaerospace.aero/kotoka-terminal-lightens-the-load.html |title=Kotoka terminal lightens the load |last=Chappard |first=Vincent |website=African Aerospace |date=22 May 2019 |accessdate=22 July 2020}} and has been constructing the Stade Abdelkader Khalef stadium in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mng.com/Uploads/MNG_Katalog_24x30_v7_eng[2]_k7gvXKU1.pdf |title=MNG Group of Companies |website=MNG |accessdate=29 July 2020 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516171430/http://www.mng.com/Uploads/MNG_Katalog_24x30_v7_eng[2]_k7gvXKU1.pdf |archivedate=16 May 2018}}
In 2020, MNG Group of Companies changed their name to Mapa Group.
Controversies
In 2015, Turkish media alleged that the MRG's sale of TV8 was at the request of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/ostschweiz/das-phantom-mehmet-nazif-guenal |title=Das Phantom Mehmet Nazif Günal |website=SRF |date=13 July 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2020}} The MNG Group has received controversy due to environmental concerns around hydroelectric dams, and the construction of Istanbul Airport, which involved the removal of 660,000 trees.
In August 2019, a security guard for Avesoro Resources, a member of MNG, killed a man illegally panning for gold at the Youga Gold Mine in Burkina Faso.{{Cite web|url=https://observers.france24.com/en/20190815-killing-turkish-run-gold-mine-burkina-faso-tensions |title=Killing at Turkish-run gold mine in Burkina Faso reveals tensions between local workers and expats |first=Liselotte |last=Mas |date=15 August 2019 |website=France24 |accessdate=29 July 2020}} The death led to locals rioting and attacking the mining facilities in retaliation the next day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-mining/burkina-forces-move-to-secure-attacked-avesoro-mine-after-one-killed-idUSKCN1UZ1GQ |title=Burkina forces move to secure attacked Avesoro mine after one killed |first=Thiam |last=Ndiaga |date=10 August 2019 |website=Reuters |accessdate=29 July 2020}} Over 500 people at the mine had lost their jobs in 2019, and had been replaced by Turkish contractors.
An employee at Turkish private jet operator MNG Jet admitted to falsifying passenger records around the escape of Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn from Japan in December 2019, which used the company's planes.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/03/business/carlos-ghosn-escape-jet/index.html|title=Turkish private jet company says rogue employee helped Carlos Ghosn flee Japan|website=CNN|date=3 January 2019}} MNG filed a criminal complaint against the employee in January 2020, noting the two flights involved in his escape did not appear to be for the same client.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-03/ghosn-s-escape-jet-from-japan-used-illegally-operator-mng-says|title=Ghosn's Escape Jet From Japan Used Illegally, Operator Says|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=3 January 2019}} On 8 May, Turkey charged seven people accused of helping Ghosn flee to Lebanon via Istanbul.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52589319|title=Carlos Ghosn: Turkey charges seven over escape from Japan|website=BBC|date=8 May 2020}}
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.mng.com/}}
Category:Companies based in Istanbul
Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1976
Category:Conglomerate companies of Turkey
Category:Turkish companies established in 1976
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