YKM History

Year 1950, Istanbul. A fabric and ready-to-wear store in Sultanhamam. Could Mr. Nuri Güven, the founder, imagine in that time that his modest store was going to be the very first of the chain of department stores, which has today 55 stores in 38 cities of Turkey?

Since its establishment, the main objective of YKM has been that shopping and customer satisfaction should always be pleasure. It has also been the first brand to implement the department store concept in Turkey following international trends as well as renewing itself continuously just like Turkey has done.

In a very short time YKM has become the most well-known and preferred store in the country, and has gained a very trendy and young look as years pass. YKM today, meets the diverse expectations of 30 million people all around Turkey with its more than 3.000 employees and almost 1.000 suppliers in a total area of 128.377 square meters.

In its early years of foundation, YKM was the first name offering installment shopping to its customers. In the following years, YKM issued its own store card. Today YKM keeps offering exclusive advantages with Bonus Card, " Turkey's first credit card with chip with which the more you spend the more you gain", and with other card programs. YKM provides unique payment options and campaigns to its customers with HSBC Advantage Credit Card, Axess, Maximum Card, CardFinans, Shop&Miles and World credit cards. YKM is the store that has pioneered the shopping via Internet in Turkey. YKM customers now enjoy the shopping pleasure via the online store, www.ykm.com.tr