Dinç Bilgin (born 1940) is a Turkish businessman who founded Medya Holding, a media group that was made up of a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). These companies were later sold for $ 1.1 Billion. He also founded Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.
Career Bilgin began his career at Yeni Asır.Today's Zaman, 24 June 2012, Dinç Bilgin: The military would stage a coup again if they could He founded a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993). He also founded the now-defunct Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.Hurriyet Daily News, 29 August 1998, Korkmaz Yigit Group buys Yeni Yuzyil and Ates newspapers
Etibank was privatised on 2 March 1998 to Medya İpek Holding A.Ş., co-owned by Bilgin and Cavit Çağlar, for $155m.Turkish Daily News, 3 December 1997, This time, Cavit Caglar buys Etibank The bank was sold to Bilgin's Medya Sabah Holding A.Ş. in 2000. It was taken over by the government's TMSF in October 2000.TBB, Historical Data about Closed Banks - tbb.org.tr In 2011, Bilgin was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for financial irregularities relating to his ownership of Etibank.Haberturk, 17 April 2011, Dinç Bilgin gets 4 years and 10 months behind bars for embezzlement!
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https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/sabah-atv-ye-1-1-milyar-dolar-verdi-sonuna-kadar-variz-dedi-7818704