Your Global Partner in Retail and Real Estate

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Your Global Partner in Retail and Real Estate

kAYZER is an end-to-end real estate developer and a retail expert headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey that is also targeting Emerging Europe, MENA and NAMER. Its principal, Dr. Onur Ilhan has developed over 11 million sq ft of commercial gross leasable area, consulted large groups in retail and real estate, given lectures at universities, mentored PropTech startups and led a sustainable urbanization non-profit in the past 15+ years. kAYZER carries over 40 years of family tradition.

Four Decades

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Four Decades

Founded by the late Hüseyin Ilhan, the family business has grown into a major developer and intermediator in the Turkish retail and real estate sectors. Some signature deals include: (1) senior consultancy to Aydın Dogan, the preeminent Turkish business magnate, in his multi-billion-dollar quest to acquire, scale and exit the previously state-run gas station chain Petrol Ofisi and in establishing his hospitality business (three Hilton hotels), (2) realization of four major residential and commercial developments for IS GYO at Istanbul Asian side, with a combined construction area of over 7.5 million sq ft, (3) the land registration, planning and project management of the Işık University campus on over 5 million sq ft of land and (4) end-to-end services for two national restaurant chains in their expansion, with the brands reaching a combined 250+ stores.

Dr. Ilhan and Social Impact

Dr. Ilhan has also been working with the family since 2020, alongside his other private, academic and non-profit engagements, and has fully taken over as of January 2026. A pioneer in bringing the concept of impact investing to Turkey and in creating a USD100+ million local scene in just three years, Dr. Ilhan also taught the first-ever place-based impact investing graduate course in continental Europe. At the social impact side, Dr. Ilhan has cooperated with the likes of the Catalytic Capital Consortium, the EU and MIKTA, realizing a line of projects ranging from refugee livelihoods, women’s empowerment and youth employment to venture philanthropy, impact diplomacy and community-led urban regeneration.

Contacts

+1 (367) 380-2482
Buyukdere Mah. Cayirbasi Cad. No: 89/1 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey