TEKEL
Tekel
Tekel, was a Turkish tobacco and alcoholic beverages company. It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal company, the Régie. A joint foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie was short for "La Société de la régie co-intéressée des tabacs de l'Empire Ottoman". Tekel evolved into the sole manufacturer and distributor of all alcohol and tobacco products in Turkey. Today, Tekel is no longer a monopoly but it does control taxing and distribution of all alcohol and tobacco products in Turkey. In 2008 it was sold to British American Tobacco and discontunes as a trademark in cigarettes, wines, liquors or other products, although some of its brand ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Tekel
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