Turkey dominates list of 100 top Muslim World companies

With 20 companies, Turkey has the largest number of companies from a single country listed in the Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World: 2010 DS100 Ranking. DinarStandard, a research and advisory company that specializes in emerging Muslim markets, based the seventh annual DS100 ranking on research into companies in the 57 member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The report also states that Turkish companies present the widest and most diverse sector representation of any country in the report. With its 2009 end-of-year revenue at $28.9 billion, Koc Holding was the top Turkish company at number 10 on the list, followed by Sabanci Holding, at number 16 with $12.1 billion. Yildiz Holding (at 18 with 2009 revenue of $10.9 billion) and Is Bankasi (19 with 2009 revenue of $10.8 billion) were other big Turkish companies on the list, along with Ziraat Bankasi (number 24), Akbank (31), Dogan Holding (35), Turkcell (40), Enka Holding (45), Dogus Holding (47), Halkbank (48), VakıfBank (51), Turkish Airlines (THY) (56), Turkey Electric Production and Communication (64), BİM (77), Eregli Iron-Steel (79), Selcuk Pharmaceuticals (83), Eczacibasi Holding (88), Vestel (90), Ciner Grubu (98).