Bilkent Holding was started by Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı in 1968 with Dilek Construction Inc. and TEPE Wood Metal & Construction Company was established in 1969 as the parent company of today's TEPE Construction Industry Inc., TEPE Furniture Industry Inc. and TEPE Home. Today, together with the affiliates, over 40 companies are active under the umbrella of Bilkent Holding. Bilkent University is the owner of these companies operating in construction, industry, information and communication technologies, investment and service sectors. Companies operating in construction sector are mainly specialized in housing projects, educational facilities, health complexes and hospitals, airports and terminal buildings, infrastructure, pipelines, power plants and prefabricated buildings. The industrial investments of the group are focused on furniture, kitchen cabinets, cement bonded particle board, paper and cardboard production. Additionally, more than 20 plants including high technology printing facilities make productions throughout Turkey. The companies operating in information and communication technologies serves for system integration, software, hardware, communication, internet services, and educational software branches.
BİLKENT HOLDING PARTICIPANTS and AFFILIATES
	TEPE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INCORPORATED COMPANY  TEPE WOOD-CEMENT CONCRETE BUILDING MATERIALS IND. AND TRD. CO. INC.  TEPE DEFENCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS IND. CO. INC.  TEPE FURNITURE UNDUSTRY AND TRADE CO. INC.  TEPE HOME FURNITURE AND DECORATION PRODUCTS TRD. CO. INC.  TEPE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CONSTRUCTION TRD. CO. INC.  ANKARA CYBERPARK BİLİNTUR BİLKENT TOURISM CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT AND TRADE CO. INC.  BİLENERGY BİLKENT ENERGY PRODUCTION AUTOPRODUCTION IND. AND TRD. CO. INC.  DİLEK CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE CO. INC.  BİLINSURANCE BİLKENT INSURANCE MEDIATION SERVICES CO. INC.