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Demirören Group is a Turkish conglomerate company. Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 9% of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Beyoğlu, as well as several newspapers, television and radio stations. Demirören also handles the licensing and distribution of Turkish WarnerMedia channels: Cartoon Network, Boomerang and CNN Türk. All shares of the Demirören Group are owned by the Demirören family, who have close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and are also active in the energy, mining, and construction sectors.

Demirören acquired the newspapers Milliyet and Vatan in May 2011. In 2018 the holding bought the newspaper Hürriyet, the TV station Kanal D and all other media properties of Doğan Group.

Milangaz sponsored the Beşiktaş men's basketball team in 2011-12.

The company bought the newspaper Hurriyet and the television channel CNN Türk in 2018. Following the death of Erdoğan Demirören, President Erdoğan visited the family to extend his condolences. The family is generally seen as being supportive of the President and his party.

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