# Mehmet Rüştü Başaran

_Turkish businessperson (born 1940)_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Mehmet Rüştü Başaran (born 1946/1947) is a Turkish billionaire businessman, the head of Habas Industrial and Medical Gases Production Industries, one of Turkey's largest steel producers. In 2018, Mehmet Rustu Basaran ranked #1999 on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, with wealth listed at US$1.1 billion.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Turkey ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29577216#P27))
- **Occupation:** businessperson ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29577216#P106))

## About

Habas was founded by his father, Hamdi Başaran, in 1956. he is the chairman and part owner of Anadolubank.

Başaran is divorced, and lives in Istanbul, Turkey.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Mehmet Rüştü Başaran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_R%C3%BC%C5%9Ft%C3%BC_Ba%C5%9Faran) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q29577216](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29577216) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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## Cite this page

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