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Does Koç Holding A.Ş. support Israel?
Yes — Koç Holding A.Ş. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Household & consumer goods brands · Car & automotive brands · Energy & oil companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Koç Holding is Turkey's largest industrial and services group, controlling Arçelik/Beko, Ford Otosan, Tüpraş, Otokar, Aygaz and Yapı Kredi. Two claims about it need separating from the evidence. First, Tüpraş and the Ceyhan oil route: the crude that reached Israel from Turkey's Mediterranean coast during the war is Azerbaijani oil arriving through the BP-led Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline and loaded at the Ceyhan terminal — Middle East Eye and other outlets documented tankers, including the Seavigour in November 2024, going dark en route to Israel's Ashkelon terminal, and Kpler data put Israeli imports of Azeri crude via Ceyhan at about 94,000 barrels a day in 2025. Tüpraş is a refiner that buys crude for its Turkish refineries; no evidence found links Tüpraş to sales or shipments of oil to Israel, and SOCAR Türkiye — a separate, Azerbaijani state-owned company — publicly denied selling crude to Israel and said sellers cannot control where trading houses deliver cargoes. Second, vehicles: Israeli and Turkish reporting notes that Ford, along with Toyota, Renault and Hyundai, stopped reaching Israel after May 2024 because the exporting plants sit in Turkey; Ford's Turkish production is by Ford Otosan, the Koç Holding–Ford Motor Company joint venture, so that supply line ended with the embargo rather than continuing. What is documented as an active Israel link is the Nayax–Düzey partnership and Arçelik's continued Israeli sales. No donation, sponsorship, foundation grant or supportive statement toward Israel by Koç Holding is on record.
Middle East Eye (oil shipments from Turkey to Israel despite the embargo) SOCAR Türkiye (statement denying crude sales to Israel) Daily Sabah (Türkiye's trade halt and vehicle brands built in Turkey) Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications (trade halt with Israel)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership | 2023-09-14 | — | Nayax Ltd. (Israeli payments company, Tel Aviv & Nasdaq listed) Israeli payments and commerce-enablement company Nayax Ltd. announced a strategic partnership with Düzey, Koç Holding's consumer-goods distribution company, on 14 September 2023 — a month before the war began. Nayax's cashless payment devices were installed on vending machines at public locations and at Koç Holding factory sites across Turkey, including a Nova Market self-checkout kiosk at a Koç TokenFlex location employing 3,000 people, with the stated potential to expand to tens of thousands of units and into Europe. The counterparty is an Israeli listed company; the agreement was announced by Nayax and filed with the US SEC as a press-release exhibit. It is a commercial technology partnership, not a donation or a political contribution. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2024-05 | — | Israeli retail market, via Arçelik A.Ş.'s Beko Israel office Koç Holding's appliance subsidiary Arçelik A.Ş. (corporate brand Beko) kept supplying the Israeli market after Turkey halted all trade with Israel on 2 May 2024. Calcalist reported in September 2024 that Beko Israel, Arçelik's Israeli representative office, bought out the stock of former distributor Brimag and began selling directly to Israeli retailers including the A.L.M chain and KSP, sourcing the goods through European intermediaries in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria instead of shipping from Turkey. The acting entity is Arçelik, in which Koç Holding is the controlling shareholder; Koç Holding itself issued no statement on the matter. This is trade, not a donation or an endorsement. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Koç Holding A.Ş. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Koç Holding A.Ş. has documented support of other kinds (Partnership, Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 8 distinct sources are cited for Koç Holding A.Ş.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-30
- Nayax press release filed with the US SEC (exhibit 99.1) sec.gov
- Nayax Investor Relations ir.nayax.com
- Vending Market Watch vendingmarketwatch.com
- Calcalist (Beko increases its presence in Israel, 4 September 2024) calcalist.co.il
- Middle East Eye (oil shipments from Turkey to Israel despite the embargo) middleeasteye.net
- SOCAR Türkiye (statement denying crude sales to Israel) socar.com.tr
- Daily Sabah (Türkiye's trade halt and vehicle brands built in Turkey) dailysabah.com
- Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications (trade halt with Israel) iletisim.gov.tr