Founded by the gold dealers and jewellers of the Covered Bazaar, an important centre of commerce in Istanbul in 1972 to produce electrolytic copper products, Sarkuysan derives its name from the first syllables of the founders’ professions (SARraf: Gold dealer; KUYumcu: Jeweller; SANatkar: Artist).

The company has a special place in the history of industrialization of the country as the first successful publicly held corporation. The production plants of Sarkuysan are located in Gebze and Darıca, on the premises of an area of 180.000 square metres and with a covered area of over 77.000 square metres where electrolytic copper products, copper tube and bus bars are produced. The company increased annual production capacity to over 200.000 tonnes which was 10.000 tonnes at the initial stage.