{"id":1858,"date":"2025-11-14T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/ahmet-tuncay-sagun\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:14:45","slug":"ahmet-tuncay-sagun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/ahmet-tuncay-sagun\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Ahmet Tuncay Sagun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A Success Story\u2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The fishing journey that began in Samsun\u2026 Group SAGUN\u2019s Chairman of the Board, A. Tuncay SAGUN, carried forward Kemal Bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131l\u0131k, inherited from his father Kemal SAGUN, and transformed it into Group SAGUN \u2014 a company that now includes 8 subsidiaries, operates 18 facilities across 6 regions in T\u00fcrkiye, and maintains production plants in 3 different countries abroad. Tuncay SAGUN\u2019s remarkable success is rooted in one defining element: his deep, almost passionate love for fishing. Under his leadership, Group SAGUN has become one of the world\u2019s prominent companies in its field, setting records with the variety and volume of products it manufactures. Today, the Group exports 70% of its production and operates with a workforce of 1,500 employees. With its extensive product portfolio and services across all sectors it operates in, Group SAGUN ranks among T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s largest industrial enterprises and holds the leadership position in its sector, consistently placing among T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s top 500 exporters. The Group currently exports directly to 35 countries, primarily in Europe and Japan.<\/p>

By transforming fishing into a fully industrialized sector, Tuncay SAGUN ensures that Group SAGUN operates across every stage of the industry \u2014 from fishing and aquaculture to processing, storage, import, export, and logistics.<\/p>

Having grown Kemal Bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131l\u0131k into T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s largest company in its field over the span of 40 years, A. Tuncay SAGUN\u2019s greatest ambition is to elevate SAGUN into a globally recognized brand. Beyond his achievements as a businessman, A. Tuncay SAGUN has served for 12 years as the President of the Istanbul Association of Seafood and Animal Products Exporters, as well as a member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly Sector Council.<\/p>

Born in 1963, Tuncay SAGUN is married and the father of two children.<\/p>

Highlights From Tuncay SAGUN\u2019s Success Story\u2026<\/strong><\/p>

  • Established T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s first tuna farming facility.<\/li>
  • Created Marines, T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s only specialized seafood brand.<\/li>
  • Founded the country\u2019s first live frog farming facility.<\/li>
  • Launched production plants abroad.<\/li>
  • Became the T\u00fcrkiye partner of Mitsubishi, one of Japan\u2019s global giants in the industry.<\/li>
  • Earned ISO 9001 Quality Certification for the Antalya farm in 2004, making it the only tuna farm in the entire Mediterranean region with ISO certification at the time.<\/li>
  • In 2015, built one of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s and Europe\u2019s most modern fish processing and cold-storage facilities in Urla.<\/li>
  • In 2016, founded BioMar\u2013Sagun to meet T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s and the Middle East\u2019s fish feed needs.<\/li>
  • In 2018, established Black Sea Salmon facilities in Sinop \u2014 bringing this valuable national product to the global market.<\/li>
  • In 2020, received the Ambassador of Japan Award from H.E. Akio Miyajima for contributions to T\u00fcrkiye\u2013Japan trade relations.<\/li>
  • In 2021, integrated Antalya Bal\u0131k A.\u015e., a major seafood processing and marketing company in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions, into the Group.<\/li>
  • In 2022, founded Sagun Tunisia to conduct tuna fattening operations in Tunisia.<\/li>
  • In 2023, founded Sagun Korea to expand market presence and influence in Asia.<\/li>
  • In 2025, launched MME SEDA SAGUN, T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s first refrigerated storage and processing vessel.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    AHMET TUNCAY SAGUN https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W_kJHXg_6HE&t=1s A Success Story\u2026 The fishing journey that began in Samsun\u2026 Group SAGUN\u2019s Chairman of the Board, A. Tuncay SAGUN, carried forward Kemal Bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131l\u0131k, inherited from his father Kemal SAGUN, and transformed it into Group SAGUN \u2014 a company that now includes 8 subsidiaries, operates 18 facilities across 6 regions in T\u00fcrkiye, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3250,"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1858\/revisions\/3250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windmedya.net\/sagun\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}