TOP COMPANIES IN MUSLIM WORLD: Turkish holdings Koc, Sabanci & Yildiz/Ulker among top 100 companies in Muslim world

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkey's leading holdings Koc, Sabanci and Yildiz/Ulker have been listed among the top 100 countries of the Muslim world in 2010.
Research company DinarStandard, known for its studies on Muslim markets, has released its "Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World: 2010 DS100 Ranking" report covering the 57 member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. 
Accordingly, Saudi Arabia's oil company Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) topped DinarStandard's list with a revenue of 182.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Iran's National Iranian Oil Company and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional BHD (Petronas). 
A total of 20 Turkish companies managed to enter this year's list, while Turkey's leading Koc Holding, mainly operating in automotive, consumer goods, energy and finance sectors, was ranked the 10th with a revenue of 28.9 billion USD.
Sabanci Holding, which focuses on financial, retail, automotive and chemicals sectors, was ranked the 16th in the list with its revenue reaching 12.1 billion USD, as Yildiz Holding/Ulker, known for its activities in food processing, was listed the 18th with a revenue of 10.9 billion USD.
Turkish bank Is Bankasi was placed at the 19th position in DinarStandard's list. 
Other Turkish companies included in the ranking were Ziraat Bankasi (24th), Akbank (31st), Dogan Holding (35th), TurkCell (40th), Enka Holdings (45th), Dogus Holding (47th), Halkbank (48th), VakifBank (51st), THY (56th), Turkiye Elektrik Uretim Iletim A.S. (64th), BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S. (77th), Eregli Demir-Celik (79th), Selcuk Ecza Deposu (83rd), Eczacıbasi Holding (88th), Vestel (90th) and Ciner Group (98th).
Below are the top 10 companies as well as the Turkish firms in DinarStandard's list and their revenues in 2009:
                                                  
                                                  REVENUE
                                                 (million
POSITION   COMPANY               COUNTRY           dollars)
---------  -----------           --------         --------
1          Saudi Aramco          Saudi Arabia     182,396
2          National Iranian O.   Iran              79,277
3          Petronas              Malaysia          70,869
4          Kuwait Petroleum C.   Kuwait            50,404
5          Sonatrach             Algeria           47,980
6          Persero               Indonesia         34,678
7          Qatar Petroleum       Qatar             32,421
8          Nigerian National P.  Nigeria           30,890
9          Abu Dhabi National O. UAE               30,849
10         Koc Holding           Turkey            28,978
… 
16         Sabancı Holding       Turkey            12,181
18         Yildiz Holding/Ulker  Turkey            10,900 
19         Turkey Is Bankasi     Turkey            10,897
24         Ziraat Bankasi        Turkey             9,805
31         Akbank                Turkey             7,441
35         Dogan Holding         Turkey             6,607
40         TurkCell              Turkey             5,492
45         Enka Holding          Turkey             5,124
47         Dogus Holding         Turkey             5,011
48         Halkbank              Turkey             5,010
51         Vakifbank             Turkey             4,802
56         THY                   Turkey             4,508
64         TEAS                  Turkey             4,199
77         BIM                   Turkey             3,442
79         Eregli Demir-Celik    Turkey             3,355
83         Selcuk Ecza Deposu    Turkey             3,250
88         Eczacibasi Holding    Turkey             3,015
90         Vestel                Turkey             2,977
98         Ciner Grup            Turkey             2,680