Industry | Conglomerate |
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Website | icholding.com.tr |
IC Holding, is a private conglomerate in Turkey [1] including construction (IC İçtaş İnşaat), [2] electricity generation (IC İçtaş Energy) [3] and tourism (IC Hotels). [4] It was founded by the current Chairman İbrahim Çeçen. [5] İbrahim Çeçen's son, Fırat Çeçen [6] is the Vice Chairman, [7] who is also the Chairman of IC Ibrahim Cecen Investment Holding. [8]
With Limak Holding it has a subsidiary IC İçtaş Energy which owns two coal-fired power stations in Turkey, Kemeköy power station and Yeniköy power station, [9] [10] and locals have protested that that company has cut down trees in Akbelen Forest to expand the open pit coal mine which feeds the power stations. [11] In 2022 criticism of their air pollution continued. [12]
Climate TRACE estimates IC İçtaş Energy’s coal-fired power stations emitted over 5 million tons of the country's total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2022, [13] [14] and it has been put on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List. [15]
Industry | Conglomerate |
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Website | icholding.com.tr |
IC Holding, is a private conglomerate in Turkey [1] including construction (IC İçtaş İnşaat), [2] electricity generation (IC İçtaş Energy) [3] and tourism (IC Hotels). [4] It was founded by the current Chairman İbrahim Çeçen. [5] İbrahim Çeçen's son, Fırat Çeçen [6] is the Vice Chairman, [7] who is also the Chairman of IC Ibrahim Cecen Investment Holding. [8]
With Limak Holding it has a subsidiary IC İçtaş Energy which owns two coal-fired power stations in Turkey, Kemeköy power station and Yeniköy power station, [9] [10] and locals have protested that that company has cut down trees in Akbelen Forest to expand the open pit coal mine which feeds the power stations. [11] In 2022 criticism of their air pollution continued. [12]
Climate TRACE estimates IC İçtaş Energy’s coal-fired power stations emitted over 5 million tons of the country's total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2022, [13] [14] and it has been put on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List. [15]