Yapı Merkezi, founded in 1965, aims "to create and to realize construction projects that will serve humanity by creating happy environments".
Yapı Merkezi realizes projects of universal dimensions and always reaches its targets with the determination to complete every project by delivering products and services on time, within budget, and with the specified quality.
In realizing these targets, Yapı Merkezi pursues beauty with a passion and always considers aesthetic sense as a bridge of judgment between concept and reality. Yapı Merkezi always considers professional and humanitarian measures as well as technical measures and processes knowledge to be a scale organization in all its activities. Yapı Merkezi is open, transparent, and innovative, basing decisions upon knowledge processing and pioneering in all its fields of activity. Yapı Merkezi respects the laws, beliefs, traditions, and history of all communities where its activities are located.
42 million m² of structures we have engineered provide happiness for their users. With more than 4.500 km of railways, 108 km of bridge and viaduct, and 451 stations in 70 projects, we provide safe transport for more than 3,5 million passengers daily on three continents. Delivering clean water to hundreds of points in more than 75 countries with a total of 5 watertight pipe production lines. By producing 3.000 kg/cm² strength concrete, we serve the civilization. Thousands of students are developing themselves daily through the education that we provide in our school. All these are meaningful marks of success for the Yapı Merkezi family.
As the first and largest company of the Yapı Merkezi Group, Yapı Merkezi Construction and Industry Inc., in its half a century history, has realized the design and construction of a wide variety of buildings, heavy construction, and railway projects both in Türkiye and abroad, especially in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Zambia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Yapı Merkezi Prefabrication Group established in 1978 with considerable experience and know-how in the prefabrication sector, was the first company in her field to obtain the ISO 9001 Quality Assurance certificate.
In 1987, Yapı Merkezi founded Freysaş in partnership with Freyssinet International, a leader in pre-tensioning technology. Since then, Freysaş has completed numerous projects featuring advanced construction technologies such as cable-stay systems, post-tensioning, heavy lifting, and ground anchorage.
Yapı Konut joined the group in 1994, aiming to develop high-quality homes and accomplish prestigious housing projects such as Çamkonaklar, Sokullu Estates, NP12 Estates, Şişli Plaza, and the Arkeon Housing Complex. Since 2015, Yapı Konut continues its business life as 'Yapı Merkezi Real Estate Group'.
In 1995, Nitelikli Eğitim Kurumları A.Ş. (NEKAŞ) was founded and Irmak Schools, an educational institution, was opened. As Türkiye’s first school to obtain ISO 9002 Certificate and to receive the International Quality Crown Award in the Gold Category in 2012, Irmak Schools continues to serve her unique mission.
In 1996, the group introduced Subor Pipe Industry and Trade Inc. to manufacture high-end technology composite construction materials. With fifty percent of capital owned by the Amiantit Group, Subor today is the national leader in the manufacture of GRP Pipes.
Yapıray joined the group in 1998 to take advantage of the group’s experience in the rail systems field and in meeting the increasing demand for urban and intercity railway transport. Yapıray provides design, construction, development, and operation services concerning railway systems.
Founded in 2012, Yapı Merkezi İDİS (Monitoring Control & Communication Systems) Inc. leverages Yapı Merkezi’s strong expertise and the ability to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and award-winning projects to the road and rail transportation industry.
Ultimately, Yapı Merkezi Holding was established in late 1998 to build a more effective financial and administrative structure in the strategic framework to strengthen the group culture.
Through its specialized companies, Yapı Merkezi has realized numerous successful national and international projects within the fields of transportation systems, rail systems, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, industrial and general service buildings, water collection and supply systems, restoration, strengthening and repair works, and mass housing and city planning.
Yapı Merkezi is a “world brand” in the field of rail systems. 2004 International Association for Public Transport (UITP) “Light Rail Project of the Year” Award was given to ESTRAM (Eskişehir LRTS), as UITP “2010 Best Urban Integration Project of the Year" and British Light Rail Transit Association’s “Worldwide Project of the Year” Awards were accorded to Kayseray (Kayseri Light Rail System), both realized by Yapı Merkezi. Casablanca Tramway came into service at the end of 2012 and was elected as “highly commended” in the "best world-class rail system project of the year-2012" category by Tramways & Urban Transit Organization. The Ankara-Konya High-Speed Railway project has become yet another milestone of the Turkish railway system.
Yapı Merkezi has been included in the “TOP 250 International Contractors List” published annually by ENR-Engineering News-Record since 1998 and was ranked 58th on 2023’s list. In the Mass Transit / Light Rail category, Yapı Merkezi was ranked 4th largest company in 1998, 3rd in 1999, 7th in 2000, and 8th in 2022.
Being the pioneer in the production of 1000 kg/cm² strength concrete in Türkiye, Yapı Merkezi’s R&D Department has increased the 7-day concrete strength up to 3.000 kg/cm² and has manufactured translucent concrete.
Since knowledge processing and usage of technology are essential parts of the company philosophy, Yapı Merkezi founded her library in 1987 to serve the staff's interests and needs. Rich documentation and collections are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to Yapı Merkezi’s fields of activity. Additionally, virtual site libraries are established on specialized and essential topics to support the staff working at Yapı Merkezi sites. The novel achievements of the company in the field of engineering have been recognized and awarded repeatedly in national and international scientific circles.
Yapı Merkezi always considers the development of Türkiye, the progress of world civilization, and the satisfaction of her customers, project partners, employees, and shareholders as her top priorities. Yapı Merkezi places faith in nature as a source of inspiration and to apply successfully the solutions Nature shows, Yapı Merkezi invests continuously in knowledge and technology, human resources, and new management systems.
Yapı Merkezi, with confidence originating from half a century of experience, is a rising value of Türkiye with its investments, equity, and thousands of family members, as well as its successful history. As it has been to this day, so will it be from this day on that as our skill in “knowledge processing” and "displaying aesthetic sense” grows, Yapı Merkezi will be a company with the quality of being a trusted and admirable World Brand. In the history of the modern civilization of Türkiye, Yapı Merkezi has always had a distinguished place and in the future will continue to have a privileged place in the history of world civilization as well.