Mehmet Kurt

Mehmet Kurt (born 1 January 1947, in Ceyhan, Turkey) is the son of Mehmet Kurt, who was Ceyhan's most significant and well known community leader and landowner.

Due to his father's untimely death, Mehmet Kurt assumed the leadership of the family businesses at the age of 21. He recognised immediately that his community needed employment, and he was responsible for the construction of three factories in Ceyhan, operating in the textiles and confectionery sectors. These were the first privately owned factories in this underdeveloped province of Turkey.

Kurt then moved to Istanbul where he built up his operations to export Ceyhan sourced cotton products to both Western and Eastern Europe. He also diversified the family enterprise into media, construction, energy, chemicals, defense, medical and the real estate sectors.

Amongst the most prominent real-estate projects controlled by Kurt is the landmark Marmara Sea Development Project, which includes offices, apartments and a shopping centre in the heart of Istanbul. Other estate holdings include commercial properties in Ceyhan and Istanbul. Provided by Wikipedia