Ahmet Nazif Zorlu: key obituary facts
Is Ahmet Nazif Zorlu dead? Yes. Ahmet Nazif Zorlu died on November 2, 2026, at age 82.
Cause of death: Ahmet Nazif Zorlu's cause of death was reported as Cancer.
What was Ahmet Nazif Zorlu known for?
He was a Turkish entrepreneur (born 1946).
More about Ahmet Nazif Zorlu
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, the Turkish industrialist and chairman of Zorlu Holding, died of cancer on November 2, 2026, aged 82.
Born on August 28, 1944, in Babadağ, in Turkey’s Denizli region, he attended Gazi İlkokulu primary school in İzmir before entering the family textile business. Zorlu began working at the textile factory run by his father, Hacı Mehmet Zorlu.
In 1960, he and his brother Zeki expanded the business by opening a store in Trabzon, followed by one in Istanbul in 1966. Zorlu saw an opportunity in the textile market and began producing patterned bed sheets under the TAÇ brand. The company’s development from factory production to retail and branded textiles formed the early course of the business he would go on to lead as chairman of Zorlu Holding. His career was rooted in the family’s textile operation and its subsequent expansion into new markets. In 2017, Forbes listed Zorlu among Turkey’s richest people, estimating his fortune at $1.3 billion.