British-American partnership enters Turkish market

(25-Feb-2008) - The sale does not include Tekel’s duty-free arm, which operates border stores and outlets at Istanbul Atatürk airport

(2-Sep-2003) - Following its recent purchase of Italian state-owned tobacco supplier Ente Tabacchi Italiani, British-American Tobacco has denied reports that it has bid £2bn ($3.2bn) for Turkey?s state-owned tobacco manufacturer Tekel.

(15-Dec-2004) - The Turkish government is to make a second attempt to sell state tobacco monopoly Tekel within a few months, a source close to the company has told DFNI

(1-May-2002) -

(15-Jun-2006) - The Turkish government is set to make a third attempt to offload the cigarettes division of state monopoly Tekel, which controls a 40% share of the Turkish tobacco market