Iyuno, one of the fastest growing Super Agencies in 2022 by way of acquisitions as well as organic growth, continues the trend in 2023 and ends Q2 on a high note with the addition of Turkey’s Ak’la Kara, a dubbing and subtitling firm based in Istanbul. The announcement was made on June 5th, 2023, with the deal having closed on June 1st.
Ak’la Kara International, now known as Iyuno Turkey, has been in business since 2000. Savaş Özdural and Kerem Kobanbay were the firm’s joint owners prior to its sale to Iyuno. The Turkish company was known to Iyuno as a vendor of dubbing and subtitling services for a number of years, and in the months leading up to the acquisition Iyuno had made an investment in it. The financial terms were not disclosed.
Iyuno Turkey has been a service provider for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Riot Games, and Discovery. It now becomes part of the greater Central and Eastern Europe operations at Iyuno, led by regional managing director Magdalena Dziemidowicz and Turkey managing director Muge Cosgun.
