Doğan Printing Centers (DPC) refers to the newspaper production facilities printing all newspapers under Doğan Medya Group. Operating under Hürriyet Group, Doğan Printing Centers are located in six cities in Turkey and one facility in Germany.

Hürriyet is printed at Doğan Printing Center (DPC) facilities in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Trabzon and Frankfurt. In addition to Hürriyet and its supplements, these printing facilities also provide services to other companies regardless of whether they are part of the group.

Furthermore, the DPCs also print weekly and monthly periodicals and other newspaper and supplements of non-group companies on a contractual basis.

Besides being the leader in the field in Turkey, Doğan Printing Center facilities also rank among the top facilities in the newspaper industry worldwide in terms of technology, production techniques, equipment pools and production volumes.

DPC Istanbul

With a covered space of 18,000 square meters and a storage area of 15,000 square meters, Istanbul DPC is the largest newspaper printing center in Turkey. In terms of its equipment pool and capacity, DPC Istanbul also ranks among the three largest printing centers in Europe. The installed transformer capacity is 10,000 KVA and the existing generator capacity is 11,000 KVA. Daily paper consumption on the facility is between 280 and 380 tons, and monthly ink consumption ranges between 160 and 180 tons. DPC Istanbul accounts for 49% of the total printing output.

DPC Ankara

With the second largest area after DPC Istanbul, the DPC Ankara Facility extends over an area of approximately 58,000 square meters, located by the Esenboğa Airport Road. DPC Ankara has a covered area of 16,000 square meters. The facility is of steel construction. The installed transformer capacity is 4,500 KVA and existing generator capacity is 4,500 KVA. DPC Ankara Facility accounts for 17% of the total printing output.

DPC Izmir

DPC Izmir Facility moved into its new premises in January 2007. The new facility is 20 kilometers from Izmir city center and 2 kilometers from Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport. The facilities extend over an area of almost 35,000 square meters. With a covered area of approximately 16,000 square meters, the facility also enjoys 12,000 square meters of green space. The total installed power capacity of the facility is 5 MVA. There are two 2,500 KVA transformers and two power generators of 2,000 KVA and 2,500 KVA. DPC Izmir Facility accounts for 15% of the total printing output.

DPC Adana

As a result of the upgrade and renovation at Hürriyet’s Adana Facility, DPC Adana started print production in a total covered area of 5,800 square meters established on a plot of approximately 11,000 square meters. The installed transformer capacity of the facility is 2,000 KVA, and existing generator capacity is 1,600 KVA. DPC Adana Facility accounts for 9% of the total printing output.

DPC Antalya

DPC Antalya Facility is established with a total covered area of 4,900 square meters on a plot of approximately 11,000 square meters. The transformer capacity of the facility is 2,000 KVA with existing generator capacity of 1,600 KVA. DPC Antalya Facility accounts for 6% of the total printing output.

DPC Trabzon

The frst facility to be founded during the organization of the DPCs, DPC Trabzon Facility is situated on a plot of approximately 24,000 square meters with 3,500 square meters of covered area. The installed transformer capacity of the facility is 1,000 KVA, and existing generator capacity is 1,054 KVA. DPC Trabzon Facility accounts for 4% of the total printing output.

Capacity Utilisation Rates (%)

DPC- İstanbul                         67
DPC-Ankara                            55
DPC-İzmir                                59
DPC-Trabzon                           39
DPC-Antalya                            35
DPC-Adana                             48
DPC-Frankfurt                         65

Calculations are based on the assumption that printing machineries has 16 hour of daily printing capacity.

Printing operations

Total number of         Total number
of pages in 2009        of pages in 2008        Change (%)
36,372,643,312          44,462,867,280                      -18.20

·  DPC Türkiye
·  DPC Avrupa