Polimeks
{{Short description|Turkish construction company mainly active in Turkmenistan}}
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| foundation = 1995
| key_people = Erol Tabanca
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| industry = Construction
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.polimeks.com/|polimeks.com}}
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Polimeks İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. is a Turkish holding company based in Istanbul. Polimeks, established in 1995 and grew to become one of the world's leading construction companies, in recent years transformed into a global investment holding with activities in tourism, real estate, and renewable energy sectors. Polimeks primarily operates in Turkey,{{Cite web |date=2012-05-30 |title=Polimeks to construct Turkmen Olympic City - Latest News |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/polimeks-to-construct-turkmen-olympic-city-22002 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |language=en}} Russia, United Kingdom, Turkmenistan{{Cite web |title=Turkish company builds first yacht club of Turkmenistan |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/turkish-company-builds-first-yacht-club-of-turkmenistan/235414 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} and the Netherlands.
History
In January 2013, the company received a contract to build the Ashgabat International Airport. Costing $2.1 billion in labor and operations, this is the largest construction project a Turkish firm has done abroad.{{cite web | title=Türkmenistan'daki 2,25 Milyar Dolarlık İhaleyi Türk Şirketi Aldı | website=Haberler.com | date=2013-01-12 | url=https://www.haberler.com/turkmenistan-daki-2-25-milyar-dolarlik-ihaleyi-4243717-haberi/ | language=tr | access-date=2021-02-07}} This was preceded by the Ashgabat Wedding Palace in 2011.
In 2007 in Moscow, the company built the first Ritz-Carlton hotel in Russia, on the site of the demolished high-rise hotel Intourist, on Tverskaya Street. In Turkey, the company built a hotel in Eskişehir and a paper mill in Kazakhstan.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
According to the American magazine Engineering News-Record, Polimeks occupied 62nd place in the 2015 ranking of "225 Largest International Contractors".{{cite web | website=ENR | url=http://enr.construction.com/toplists/Top-International-Contractors/001-100.asp |title=The Top 225 International Contractors| access-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131173929/https://www.enr.com/toplists/2015_Top_250_International_Contractors1|archive-date=2021-01-31}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.polimeks.com/ Polimeks official website] {{in lang|en}}
- {{facebook|Polimeks}}
- {{Twitter}}
Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of Turkey
Category:Companies based in Istanbul
Category:Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1995