Koç family

The Koç family is a Turkish family of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest self-made people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey’s largest group of companies.

The wealth of the Koç family, however, originates from money and property which was appropriated through the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The confiscated Armenian but also Greek property led to the emergence of a new wealthy social Turkish class.

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Koç family grave at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul

• Sevgi Koç was born 1938 as the third child of Vehbi Koç. She graduated from the American College for Girls in Istanbul and married Erdoğan Gönül, a member of the board of directors of Koç Holding. She was also made a member of the board of directors of both Koç Holding and the Koç Foundation. Sevgi also presided over the executive committee of the Sadberk Hanim Museum in İstanbul, and was a columnist in the Turkish newspaper "Hürriyet". She died on September 12, 2003, in İstanbul from cancer, shortly after her husband.

• Suna Koç, born 1941, is the fourth child of Vehbi Koç. She graduated from American College for Girls in Istanbul, and was then educated at the Bosphorus University, İstanbul. She is married to İnan Kıraç, a high ranking executive of the Koç Group. They have one child. Suna has served in various posts in the holding, most recently as vice president. She is also a board member of various foundations and educational institutions. Due to her contributions in education, health and social service in Turkey, Suna was awarded the "Supreme Service Medal" by state president Süleyman Demirel in 1997. In 1999 The London Business School granted her "honorary membership" for her contributions in leadership at the Koç Holding and in the education of children in Turkey. -->

See also

• Pera Museum
• Rahmi M Koç Museum
• Sadberk Hanim Museum
• Koc School
• Koc University