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Algeria
Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

A public housing agency has awarded a billion euros of contracts to three Turkish firms over the course of a single month. Ankara suspects one of them, Atlas Génie Civil, of belonging to a key supporter of Fethullah Gulen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bete noire. [...]

Published on 27/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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AADL
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Atlas génie civil
Atlas Grup
Doruk Construction
Fethullah Gulen
Hüseyin Kösen
Lokman Kösen
Öktem Kubilay
Ozgur San
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Yilmaz Barin
Yunus Dogan

Algeria
From social housing to sugar beet: Atlas boss Yunus Dogan sets sights on Saharan agriculture

The Texas-based Turkish-US businessman wants to get into sugar beet cultivation alongside the state-owned Cosider. Ankara will keep a close eye on developments since Dogan is reputed to support Imam Fethullah Gulen, bête noire of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Central African Republic, Turkey
Bangui-Ankara rapprochement threatens Fethullah Gulen's school

The Galaxy school in Bangui, one of the few in Fethullah Gülen's network not to have closed its doors in Africa, is under fresh pressure after Turkey promised to open an embassy in the Central African capital as part of its push to boost its influence there.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.01.2022

Presidents Faustin Archange Touadéra and Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed during a Turkey-Africa summit on 18 December.

Algeria
Turkish SKN moves from university site to housing with Mohamed Saada

Following some setbacks with university building sites, Turkish group SKN Group Insaat's Algerian subsidary is getting back on track. On 10 October, it won a contract for 140 housing units in the province of Algiers, in a consortium with the Algerian company SM Fort.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2021

Algeria
Regime uses carrot and stick to bring media to heel

Online media is eagerly awaiting the promised creation of a dedicated advertising agency and the fresh revenues that will come with it. Control of the agency is being fought over, however, by President Tebboune and communication minister Ammar Belhimer, who is also preparing to submit two media reform bills to the National Assembly, which Africa Intelligence has consulted.

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2021

Algeria
Lean period finally over for Turkey's Dekinsan

The fortunes of the Turkish construction firm Dekinsan are looking a little rosier after it bagged contracts worth 3 billion dinars (€19m) in the course of June.

Subscribers only Business 24.06.2021

Algeria
Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

Algeria's national housing agency, the Agence nationale d'amélioration et de développement du logement algérienne (AADL), has added a new favourite, Elbayrak Construction, to its accredited list of contractors for large-scale housing construction projects.

Subscribers only Business 14.05.2021

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

In the run-up to the African Union summit on 6 and 7 February in Addis Ababa, Turkish diplomats are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the third Turkey-Africa summit, scheduled for September, features prominently on the agenda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (foreground) and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (background).

Algeria
The developer, the MP and the architect: Bourouag family rides high on state contracts

The low-profile but well-connected Groupe Bourouag Construction has won a contract to build 950 social housing units, brushing aside criticism from beneficiaries and its main client, the public agency AADL.

Subscribers only Business 15.12.2020

Algeria
Tebboune favourite Atlas génie civil plants Turkish flag in Annaba

Very much in the good books of the Algerian president, the Turkish construction firm Atlas génie civil recently landed a new contract worth $21m in the wilayah of Annaba, thereby further consolidating its position in the Algerian market.

Subscribers only Business 12.10.2020

Algeria
Social Housing: Tebboune's Turkish favourites, Dekinsan and Atlas, win contracts worth $171m

The two Turkish construction firms which have scooped vast contracts to build social housing had previously won numerous no-bid contracts when President Tebboune was housing minister.

Free access Business 23.07.2020

Algeria
Belaidi Mohamed firms lands construction contract for "stupid city" of Sidi Abdellah

While state orders are drying up, Algeria's housing development agency, the Agence d'amélioration et de développement du logement (AADL), has tasked the Belaidi Mohamed construction firm with riding to the rescue of the Sidi Abdellah new city located 30km to the south-west of Algiers.

Subscribers only Business 08.05.2020

Guinea
Solveo and InfraCo Africa await Khoumagueli plant PPA signature

After almost seven years of development, ground at the site of Guinea's first grid-connected solar farm is expected to be broken soon.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.03.2020

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Algeria The developer, the MP and the architect: Bourouag family rides high on state contracts

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Algeria Social Housing: Tebboune's Turkish favourites, Dekinsan and Atlas, win contracts worth $171m

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Algeria
Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

Algeria
From social housing to sugar beet: Atlas boss Yunus Dogan sets sights on Saharan agriculture

Central African Republic, Turkey
Bangui-Ankara rapprochement threatens Fethullah Gulen's school

Algeria
Turkish SKN moves from university site to housing with Mohamed Saada

Algeria
Regime uses carrot and stick to bring media to heel

Algeria
Lean period finally over for Turkey's Dekinsan

Algeria
Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

Algeria
The developer, the MP and the architect: Bourouag family rides high on state contracts

Algeria
Tebboune favourite Atlas génie civil plants Turkish flag in Annaba

Algeria
Social Housing: Tebboune's Turkish favourites, Dekinsan and Atlas, win contracts worth $171m

Algeria
Belaidi Mohamed firms lands construction contract for "stupid city" of Sidi Abdellah

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