Uzan Group
Uzan Group was a Turkish conglomerate owned by Cem Uzan. The Group formerly owned Star TV, which it had founded as the first private broadcaster of the country, Metro FM, and the Star newspaper it launched in 1999. Other group companies included the Telsim mobile network and Imar Bank. In 2003 the Turkish government seized 219 Group companies to cover $5.7bn of debts arising from bank fraud at Imar.
Uzan Group's ÇEAŞ and Kepez companies were seized by the Turkish government in 2003. A Cypriot company controlled by the Uzan family, Libananco, sued the Turkish government for $10bn in damages, but lost the case in front of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes trade panel.
