Migros (Turkey)
supermarket chain in Turkey
Migros Ticaret A.Ş. is a supermarket chain in Turkey following the Migros formats.
As of September 2025, the company operates a total of 3,725 stores: 3,389 Migros, 230 Macro 105 Mion and 1 Petimo in Turkey.
History
Migros ownership
The Governor of Istanbul Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, together with the Foreign Minister Fethi Çelikbaş approached the founder of the Swiss Migros, Gottlieb Duttweiler in 1953, in order to organize a sustainable food supply to the major population centers of Turkey. Migros Turkey was established in 1954 as a joint venture with the Swiss Federation of Migros Cooperatives. Duttweiler and Charles Henri Hochstrasser, the first head of Migros Türk also held considerable percentages. Initially, Migros Turkey operated via sales trucks (like its Swiss counterpart) only later to open storefronts – the first in 1957 at the fish market in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.
Koç Group ownership
In 1975, the Koç Group took control of the company by acquiring a majority of its shares. Thereafter, Migros rapidly increased the number of stores in Istanbul, establishing the necessary infrastructure for purchasing fruits and vegetables directly from producers and farmers.
In 1981, a central perishables warehouse was opened. In 1988, following development in Istanbul, 4 large stores were opened in İzmir, and infrastructure investment was started in the Aegean region.
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