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Does Ülker support Israel?

Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.Ş.

Owned by pladis Foods Limited Records for the parent company are kept separately.

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We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Ülker. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

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Background

No donations, sponsorships or statements supporting Israel by Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.Ş. are on record. Ülker is a Turkish company listed on Borsa Istanbul and controlled by the Ülker family's Yıldız Holding; it has no Israeli subsidiary, no Israeli shareholder and no documented export or distribution agreement with Israel. Two separate things are often mixed together in the viral claims. First: Ülker's parent group. Yıldız Holding consolidated Ülker, Godiva, United Biscuits and DeMet's into the London-based snacking company pladis in 2016, and Godiva chocolate — a pladis brand partly produced in Turkey — was on sale in Israel. Israeli reporting on the effects of Turkey's trade halt lists Godiva among the Turkish-origin products that disappeared from Israeli shelves, so that commercial supply ended with the embargo. That was a sale of chocolate by a sister company of the group, not support for Israel, and not an act of Ülker Bisküvi A.Ş. Second: the 2023-24 boycott campaign inside Turkey. It was not triggered by any Israel trade finding at all. On 11 October 2023 Yıldız Holding board member Yahya Ülker posted a photo from a Starbucks branch; the post drew heavy criticism and was deleted, and in February 2024 a #ŞokBoykot campaign targeted the group's Şok Marketler chain for keeping Starbucks products on its shelves. Murat Ülker publicly rejected the accusations, saying the visit had taken place before the boycott calls and was being misrepresented as a show of support. Turkey halted all exports and imports with Israel on 2 May 2024; the Directorate of Communications states that no customs declaration for export to Israel has been registered since. Arabic consumer coverage of the boycott put the question directly and answered it the same way: Shbabbek reported on 25 October 2023 that Ülker had made no statement supporting Israel, and on 20 November 2023 listed Ülker among the biscuit brands outside the boycott. Nothing in the record shows Ülker supporting Israel.

BakeryAndSnacks (Yıldız consolidates Ülker, Godiva, UB into pladis, 2016) Ynetnews (Turkish-origin products, incl. Godiva, leaving Israeli shelves) Yeni Şafak (Murat Ülker's response to the Starbucks accusations) Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications (statement on trade with Israel) Shbabbek (Arabic consumer coverage: does Ülker support Israel?, 25 Oct 2023) Shbabbek (biscuit brands outside the boycott, Ülker among them, 20 Nov 2023)

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Did Ülker donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

No records found. We searched 10 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Ülker. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.

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Record last updated: 2026-09-26

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