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"Turkey's Cukurova Holding is in talks with two U.S. private equity firms to sell as much as 49 percent of its television channel Show TV to finance tax debts, a source close to the matter told Reuters.Cukurova, which controls the country's biggest mobile network Turkcell, is talking to KKR and Texas Pacific Group, the source said."Cukurova Group wants to keep a 51 percent stake," he said.Show TV is valued at at least $800 million and the valuation could easily rise above $1 billion based on a multiple of 12 times earnings, the source said.Turkcell recently said it received orders from tax offices for the sequestration of the Turkcell assets of Cukurova for 1.68 billion lira ($1.06 billion) due to tax debts.The source said Cukurova's other units including Digiturk and Genel Enerji may be subject to stake sales to finance the tax debts."Source : Sabah