Cemal Kadooğlu who thus became involved with trade at a very young age, had already started in 1977 to take to and sell at the neighboring Iraq, diverse goods ranging from sesame to toys, from macaroni to legumes. Cemal Kadooğlu, in short notice undertook the coal business of Cizre, loaded with his own hands and distributed coal for many years. They worked hand-in-hand with his brothers and nephews to grow and expand their family business and in 1992 upon getting hold of the coal business of Gaziantep region, a new era started for Kadooğlu family.

Cemal Kadooğlu, preparing the company for the future and targeting competition in the league of giants, in 1996 brought to the management of Kadooğlu his young and innovative son Tarkan Kadooğlu who had already worked at every level of the organization. In this period, the company made some very substantial investments under the strategy of rapid growth and started to open up positions in different sectors.

Kadooğlu Yatırım ve İnşaat A.Ş. entered the tourism sector with a single hotel in Cizre. In year 2000, the Company achieved major success in the construction business by building shopping centers, hospitals, collective housing complexes, luxury residence sites as well as oil stations. Kadooğlu Petrolcülük Taşımacılık Ticaret Sanayi İthalat ve İhracat AŞ; both brought forth a new breadth to the fuel sector and re-dertermined the relevant standards, also becoming in short notice the locomotive of Kadooğlu Group Companies. In 2006, upon receiving fuel distribution company license, ‘Kadoil’ brand was made an asset of Turkey. Kadoil, continuously growing in the meantime and thanks to its distribution network reaching dealers in excess of 600 overall Turkey, has reinforced its position in the first ‘9’ amongst 50 distribution companies.