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INTRODUCTION

flagships of our Group, aim to complete the existing
projects and to gain geographically new markets as of
top priority.

In 2015, Nurol Construction and Nurol Steel companies
set a world record by completing the “Southern Access
Viaduct”, connecting Izmit Bay Crossing to land as part
a of Gebze-Izmir Motorway Project, by succeeding the
construction of 22.500 ton steel structure using a 1123
metre dwelling method in just two years. This project
also hosted a new Turkey record. Constructed with a
hundred percent Turkish workforce, The Southern Access
Viaduct’s last deck, roughly a stadium sized block with
124 metres in height, 36 metres in width and 2.600
tonnes in weight, was placed at 57 metres high and
this was put into records as “Turkey’s Largest Lifting
Operation”.

2016 will be a special year for us in which we will celebrate
th
our 50 anniversary. In this context, we can list the
projects and headings in our course of action as such:
An investment of about 6.5 billion dollars and one of
Dear Nurol Family and Readers Nurol Construction’s most prestigious projects, Turkey’s
largest build-operate-transfer project, The Gebze-Izmir
Motorway project’s most important link, Europe’s
The developments encountered in 2015 either second longest and the world’s fourth longest spanned
in Turkey or the rest of the world caused a suspension bridge The Izmit Bay Crossing Bridge is
fluctuating course in macroeconomics and this planned to be put into service by April 2016.
situation deeply affected the industries that have
an exchange risk. The Ilısu Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant project,
which is to be Turkey’s second largest, will also be
In 2015 we, as Nurol Group of Companies, completed in 2016. This project, aside from being one of
continued our operations in construction and our Group’s most important reference projects will also be
contracting, real estate investments, defence one of the key investment points for our country’s energy
industry, energy and mining, tourism and finance portfolio. With the change in the route of the Ordu Beltway
sectors. Within the same year, the Group achieved project the overall length of the project has reached to 21.4
a consolidated 1.2 billion dollar turnover and km from 19.1 km. This project is also predicted to be finished
almost 4 billion dollars active growth. by the end of 2016.
The companies that build up our business profile Nurol Construction which continues its operations abroad,
are not only Turkey’s but also the world’s foremost mainly in Northern Africa and Gulf Countries with its modern
companies who carry out medium and long-term machines and equipment, will begin to utilise new project
contracting projects. In 2016, Nurol Construction opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa throughout 2016.
and defence industry companies, being the