The NUROL GROUP comprises of thirty-nine operating companies diversified into seven major areas of activity: Construction, Trading, Tourism and Hotel Management, Finance and Insurance, Machinery and Defence Industry, Food and Electronics.

NUROL CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING CO. INC. (?NUROL?), which is the nucleus company of the NUROL GROUP, was established in 1966, as a general international contracting company, and since that time the Company pursued large scale, hi-tech transnational projec ...

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The NUROL GROUP comprises of thirty-nine operating companies diversified into seven major areas of activity: Construction, Trading, Tourism and Hotel Management, Finance and Insurance, Machinery and Defence Industry, Food and Electronics.

NUROL CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING CO. INC. (?NUROL?), which is the nucleus company of the NUROL GROUP, was established in 1966, as a general international contracting company, and since that time the Company pursued large scale, hi-tech transnational projects.

1980-1990 was a period of economic expansion for Turkey . In line with the booming national economy, NUROL extended its activities into oil producing countries particularly The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and engaged in various ?Turnkey? projects on Engineering-Procurement-Construction basis. By the end of this decade NUROL was ranked among the top ten international general contractors of Turkey . The most significant developments of this period include the Yanbu Industrial City Residential Facilities, Makkah City Water Supply and Sewerage Network and Riyadh City Sewerage System Construction Projects in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aya? Tunnel Construction Project, Turkish F16 Aircraft Manufacturing Facilities Construction and Kürtün Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant Projects in Turkey .

Since 1990, having a leading position in Turkey , NUROL?s international activities are focused particularly in the Russian Federation and the other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries through its 50% share-holding company named MENSEL. In 1991, just a year after the fall of the Soviet Union, we were assigned our first contract in Turkmenistan and we were one of the first western companies to provide contracting services in the CIS.

With its technological and management back-up and its leading position in construction sector with more than 5000 technical and administrative personnel and labour, equipment park valued at over 100 million US Dollar, and having the capacity and capability of providing finance, the Company established effective strengths and increased its commitments to high-technology projects with the most prestigious Governmental Clients of Turkey and esteemed organisations all around the world.

Having been completed the major housing projects such as Beylikdüzü Mass Housing Project with 875 housing units, Bosphorus Tarabya Houses with 217 luxurious type houses and Bahçe?ehir Satellite Town Project of 5 million m2 project area and with 2,700 apartments in high-rise buildings and 550 villas, all constructed by NUROL together with all infrastructure works and public buildings, Nurol Residence with high-luxurious type houses, forming the crest level of housing sector in Turkey, and; corporate building projects such as Maslak Business Center with a closed area of 60,000 m2, Oasis Commercial Center with a project area of 50,000 m2 locally and Ashgabad National Manuscripts Institute in Turkmenistan, Nefteyugansk Airport Terminal Building in Russia and finally the Serahs Railway Terminal Building at the Iran-Turkmenistan Border, NUROL?s achievements were progressed with increased growth trend in the beginning of the 21st Century as well.






Having completed Kürtün Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (the first concrete faced rock-fill type dam in Turkey), which began power production and taken over in September 2003, NUROL?s remarkable on-going achievements in Turkey are the 570 million US Dollar 150 km long Toprakkale-?skenderun Motorway Project which is a part of the Trans-European Motorway in Turkey (Project has been completely taken over as of year 2005 and currently in the maintenance period), and the 250 million US Dollar Bolaman-Per?embe Section of Black Sea Coastal Dual Base Highway Project, both contracted on the KGM (Turkish State Highways Authority) Unit Rates on an open competition.

Another motorway project in progress is the 95 km long Kemerhisar-Eminlik section of the Ankara-Pozant? Motorway Project, which forms the main section of the Trans-European Motorway within the boundaries of Turkey and is executed under the 270 million US Dollar valued contract with the KGM. This project consists of the dual-base three-lane motorway construction including interchanges and bridges. All three Motorway Projects are realized through the foreign loans supplied by the Contractor Groups.

Moreover, realization of the Sheraton Apart Hotel, Congress and Cultural Center and being constructed to be complementary to the existing Sheraton Ankara Convention Center is in taking over stage as of October 2005. The facilities have a closed area of 36,000 m2 and a congress center with one of the highest capacities for its type not only in the region but in Europe .

As a result of large-scaled business development works executed, in summer 2003, Afghanistan is added to NUROL?s activity range through three projects one of them being the 80 km section of Kabul-Kandahar Highway under the Contract signed with The Louis Berger Group Inc. (USA). Moreover, activities in Poland have been brought to project realization stage by finalizing the establishment activities of GROUP?s investment company, namely Europower Centrum Ltd. and as the first step, land development activities for warehouse complex with 90,000 m2 closed area with housing/corporate building facilities over a project area of 110 hectares is currently in progress.

As of May 2004, the international group where NUROL is one of the local partners, have been awarded the Bosphorus Tube Tunnel Crossing for metro under the sea in Istanbul/Turkey. The tunnel for which the project realization has started, is approximately 13.5 km long with 1.8 km section of under sea crossing constructed by immersed tube tunneling technology.

In addition to the mentioned achievements, the Middle East and North Africa regions are held as a focus of project development activities through the regional directorates in Algiers/Algeria, Abu Dhabi/UAE and Iraq .

In October 2004, Connection Bridge Project between Abu Al Shouum and Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi/UAE has been awarded to NUROL and the project is in realization phase currently.

As of January 2005, contract negotiations for Dourera Dam and Facilities Project in Algeria and Nakheel International City , Residential/Commercial Buildings - Package 12, Housing Complex in Dubai/UAE have been successfully finalized and the projects are currently in realization stage.

Moreover, Nakheel International City , Residential/Commercial Buildings - Package 9, Housing Complex in Dubai/UAE has also been awarded to NUROL and as of June 2005 the civil works has been started.

Project development works in Turkey are also being progressed. Il?su Dam and HEPP Project having the second highest body volume in Turkey with its body volume of 45 million m3 and having a power plant of 1,200 MW is decided to be awarded to the JV where NUROL is participant. The project foresighted to be having a value around 1 billion USD, is planned to reach realization stage as of 2006.