Dinç Bilgin (born 1940)[1] is a Turkish businessman who founded Medya Holding, a media group that was made up of a number of newspapers including Sabah (1985) and Takvim (1994), and a number of television stations, including ATV (1993).
He also founded Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.
He also founded the now-defunct Ateş and Yeni Yüzyıl in 1995, selling them to Korkmaz Yiğit in 1998.
[2] Etibank was privatised on 2 March 1998 to Medya İpek Holding A.Ş.,[3] co-owned by Bilgin and Cavit Çağlar, for $155m.
[3] In 2011, Bilgin was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for financial irregularities relating to his ownership of Etibank.