Tekel [SEP] parent company
Tekel is no longer a monopoly but it does control taxing and distribution of all alcohol and tobacco products in Turkey. In 2008 it was sold to British American Tobacco and discontinued as a trademark in cigarettes, wines, liquors or other products, although some of its brand names are still used without the word "Tekel" preceding them; like the "Buzbağ" wine.
History.
History Foundation and early history.
Turkish tobacco was an important industrial crop, where its cultivation and manufacture were monopolies under capitulations of the
Tekel
Tekel, (Turkish, literally "single-hand" or "monopoly" and generally capitalised as TEKEL) was a Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverages company. It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal (government owned/controlled) company, the Régie. A joint foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie was short for ""La Société de la régie co-intéressée des tabacs de l'Empire Ottoman"". Tekel evolved into the sole manufacturer and distributor of all alcohol and tobacco products in Turkey. Today,