The NUROL GROUP was founded in Ankara, Turkey in the 60’s, and began its development in the construction sector. Long-term programs with innovative technologies, company organisation and performance, both in construction and trading fields, have advanced the GROUP plan structured growth both nation-wide and internationally.

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, Ayaş 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 affiliate 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 7000 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 Bahçeşehir 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.

The accomplishments have been also progressed in the first decade of 21st Century. 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 and   the 570 million US Dollar valued 150 km long Toprakkale-İskenderun Motorway Project which is a part of the Trans-European Motorway in Turkey (realized  through the foreign loans supplied by NUROL), Sheraton Apart Hotel, Congress and Cultural Center (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) forming the complimentary facilities to existing NUROL GROUP member Sheraton Ankara Convention Center are all major projects added to references in this period. Furthermore, NUROL’s remarkable on-going achievements in Turkey are 350 million US Dollar Bolaman-Perşembe Section of Black Sea Coastal Dual Base Highway Project, 270 million US Dollar valued, 95 km long Kemerhisar-Eminlik section of the Ankara-Pozantı Motorway Project, (which forms the main section of the Trans-European Motorway in Anatolia) and both motorways are realized through the foreign loans supplied by the Contractor Groups.

First stage (formed of 500 units) of MN Bahçeşehir Houses Project, comprised of 1500 luxurious residences, is in progress as of March 2006 and scheduled to be completed in 2007.

 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.

As of July 2006 activities in Algeria are progressing through Dourera Dam and Facilities Project whereas the activities in Gulf area are progressing through Nakheel International City, Residential/Commercial Buildings Packages 9 and 12 in Dubai/UAE, Connection Bridge Project between Abu Al Shouum and Abu Dhabi, Khalidiya Palace Rotana Hotel and Residences projects in Abu Dhabi/UAE and Jumeirah Village North, Construction, Completion and Maintenance of Infrastructure Works in Dubai/UAE.

Project development works in Turkey are also being progressed. Ilısu 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 1.35 billion USD, is planned to reach realization stage as of 2006.

NUROL’s greatest strengths lie in its infrastructure business of civil and manufacturing engineering, while its multidisciplinary skills enable it to be at the forefront of the engineering, construction and maintenance of major infrastructure projects around the world and hence the Company main fields of activity are as follows:

 v        Infrastructure Projects:

Ø      motorways and highways          

Ø      railway and metro systems

Ø      tunnels

Ø      gas and oil pipelines and auxiliary facilities

Ø      thermal power plants

Ø      irrigation and drainage systems

Ø      dams and hydroelectric power plants

Ø      water supply and sewerage systems

Ø       domestic and industrial type treatment plants

 v      Turnkey Manufacturing Facilities and Industrial Plant Projects

 v      Luxurious Housing, Mass Housing and Social Centre Projects

 v          Industrial District Sites and Business Centre Projects

 v      Hotel and Resort Projects

A reorganization and quality system improvement process has been accomplished in the beginning of year 2001 and the Quality Management System has been certified for ISO 9001 Quality Standard by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) with the scope title “Development, Design and Implementation of General Construction Works”. After the upgrade of the certificate to ISO 9001:2000 Standard in 2003, in parallel to the re-organizing works of the quality system into integrated managerial systems, audits were carried out by NIS Zertfizierungs und Umweltgutachter GmbH (NISZERT) for      ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999 in March 2004. The scope of the system and the certificate(s) include all activities carried over the Company such as the Head Office, Construction Sites, Branch Offices and Support Activities.

NUROL CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING CO. INC.  has the power to execute all kinds of contracting works from feasibility studies to turnkey industrial plant projects requiring high technology with an ultimate level of success. The company’s history full of successfully completed projects together with its name that became the symbol of leadership and reliability is the strongest indication that NUROL will continue its growth trend and participating in major projects with the same speed in the 21st Century.