Doğan records 91 mln liras in net profits

August 31 2012 17:51:26

Doğan records 91 mln liras in net profits

ISTANBUL

Doğan Holding registered 91.2 million Turkish Liras in net profits in the first half of 2012, compared to a 672.8 million Turkish Lira loss in profits in the first half of 2011. Its sales revenues were also up 11.7 percent to 1.564 million liras and its operating profits were 212.2 million liras, according to the announcement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The media sector accounted for 1.275 billion liras of Doğan’s overall revenue. k HDN

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