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With its roots dating back to 1954, YDA Group continues its steady growth momentum with over half a century of experience. The Group has surpassed 51 years through its first construction and contracting company, AKSA Construction, and 34 years through YDA Construction, established in honor of its Honorary Chairman and Founder, the late Yaşar Dede Arslan.

In its core business of construction, YDA Group delivers turnkey projects and undertakes investment projects such as airports and healthcare campuses under Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models. The Group has successfully completed a wide range of projects, including high-tech buildings, industrial facilities, cement plants, infrastructure works, roads, bridges, interchanges, mass housing projects, business centers, shopping malls, hospitals, educational complexes, and real estate development projects.

With its planned and sustainable growth strategy, YDA Group continues to expand beyond the construction sector by establishing auxiliary industries and service branches to meet the evolving needs of the market and its clients, thereby offering services across a broad spectrum of sectors.

Accordingly, YDA Group operates in the fields of Construction & Contracting, Real Estate Development, Aviation, Medical & Healthcare, Industry, Defense & Aerospace, Information Technologies (IT), Mining, Energy, Maritime, Agriculture, Distribution & Trade, and Support Services (Healthcare, Catering, Facility Management), and has adopted the principle of delivering world-class services in all sectors in which it operates.

YDA Group is listed among the “Top 250 International Contractors” published by Engineering News Record (ENR) and has maintained a strong presence in international markets since the early 2000s. The Group continues to create value on a global scale across a wide geography, including Kazakhstan, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Georgia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Afghanistan, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Today, with companies operating across diverse industries, YDA Group stands as one of Turkey’s leading conglomerates, generating an international-scale business volume. The Group has completed projects worth USD 16.7 billion, with ongoing and planned projects totaling approximately USD 11.2 billion, and employs around 24,000 people.

“Carry your integrity as your most precious cargo and you might get weak at limbs,but never at heart…”

Yaşar Dede ARSLAN
YDA Group Honorary President
1938-1992