Established in 1995 under the umbrella of the Kopuzlar Group of Companies, Kopuzlar Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (Kopuzlar Foreign Trade Inc.) is the founder and second largest shareholder of DESBAŞ, the managing company of the Istanbul Industry and Trade Free Zone, one of Turkey's largest free zones. With a trade volume of 3.6 billion USD and an established area of 470,000 m2, DESBAŞ provides financial and commercial advantages, and most notably certain tax privileges, to companies with a significant foreign trade contribution.