Public Offering of Index

Index AŞ is offered to the public on June 24th, 2004. Thus Index is listed on IMKB as the fifth information technologies company to be offered to the public in Turkey.

Distributorship contracts are signed with Kingmax for memory product and with Asus for barebone products and the company starts distribution of such products.

ISO9001:2000 certificate is received the same year.

Introduction to Customer Electronics

80% of shares of Neotech AŞ are acquired to take upon activities in consumer electronics and communication technologies and the company enters into a new market. Contract signed between Neotech AŞ and Apple IMC Turkey for distributorship of Apple products in Turkey.

Distributorship contract is signed with TPV Technology Limited for distributorship of LCD, CRT Monitors, Plasma Monitors, and LCD TV products with AOC brand in Turkey.

Netex AŞ receives distributorship of HP ProCurve.

Public Offering of Datagate and Establishment of Teklos

Datagate AŞ is offered to the public on February 10th, 2006. Thus it becomes the sixth company to be publicly offered in Turkish information technologies sector and achieves another first by becoming the second public offering from the same group.

Location of the company in Profilo building falls short of meeting needs of the company both logistically and as office which leads to the search for a new office. Thus Ayazağa location named as “IndexPark” is acquired on March 1st, 2006. With investment on the new location, the highest local capital company investment in the sector is realized.

Distributorship contracts are signed with Canon on printer, fax, and scanner products, with Western Digital Corporation on hard disc products, with Panasonic on consumer electronics products, with ViewSonic on monitor products, and with Sony Vaio on notebook products.

By 2006 the company becomes a distributor with 6-7 million boxes in shipments. The company decides to give its logistics power that has been one of the most valuable skills of the group from day one a structure that would now serve also outside the group. In this scope Teklos AŞ is established in November 2006 to provide services in technology logistics.

Partnership with Westcon Group

2007 is a year when Index Grup takes bigger steps in the international area. On July 24th, 2007 Indeks Bilgisayar AŞ sells 50% shares of Neteks İletişim AŞ to Westcon Group European Operation Limited that is one of the biggest companies in the world in its field.

Distributorship contracts are signed with Asus on notebook products and with Philips on monitors and peripheral unit products.

Distributorship contract is signed with Nokia AŞ on E series devices and their software products.

Establishment of Homend

Index Grup decides on a brand new entrepreneurship. The company invests in production of small household devices which is a different area and story of Homend begins.

The company starts providing large scale logistics services to Teklos, Brightstar, and Vodafone.

Distributorship contract is signed with Iomega and supplier contract is signed with Best Buy.

Contracts of Neotech with Apple and Airties are transferred to Index.

Netex signs distributorship contracts with Juniper, IBM ISS, and Avaya.

Public Offering of Despec

Despec AŞ is offered to the public on November 26th, 2010. This becomes public offering of the third company in the same group.

Teklos AŞ signs logistics service contract with Türk Telekom on warehousing and distributorship of products supplied to Türk Telekomünikasyon AŞ.

Artım is under Index Grup umbrella

With an aim of becoming shareholder of a company meeting spare parts needs in informatics sector, the company buys 51% shares of Artım AŞ.

Neotech AŞ and Canon signs distributorship contract to distribute Canon brand camera and video camera products and accessories in Turkey.

Index AŞ is assigned as distributor of Office 365 products that are newly promoted by Microsoft in Turkey. Thus, the company becomes single distributor of products having features such as e-mail, Microsoft office programs, unified messaging, and file sharing.

Netex receives distributorship of BlueCat Networks.

Global Player

New company titled "Indeks International FZE" is established at United Arab Emirates, Dubai Jebel Ali International Free Zone to conduct activities in international information technologies, starting with the Middle East and Africa.

Negotiations on distributorship of iPad, Mac, iPod, and accessories in Turkey provide fruitful and distributorship contract is signed with Apple Europe.

Netex AŞ becomes Aruba Networks distributor.

Apple On Board

One of the most important turning points in history of Index Grup takes place in 2013. The most major success of this year is the contract with iPhone. Contract signed on distributorship of iPhone devices and accessories in Turkey.

MCI acquires 20% shares of Index AŞ and becomes a partner of the company.

The same year Index becomes distributor of Adobe in Turkey.

Distributorship contract is signed with Canon Turkey on sales and marketing of Canon brand copiers and plotters in Turkey.

Neotech signs distributorship contract with XMI Pte Ltd to distribute X-mini brand mono, stereo, and multifunctional portable speakers in Turkey.

25th Anniversary of Index Grup

On its 25th year in 2014, Index Grup decides to appreciate its land known as “IndexPark” in a real estate project. In this scope the company moves to its new headquarters in Kağıthane while its logistics center moves to Gebze. Taking this step, Teklos AŞ becomes one of the strongest players in logistics sector.

Datagate and Avea signs distributorship contract whereby mobile phones, mobile devices, accessories, Avea GSM lines, Avea brand partner GSM lines, Virtual TL (credit) are supplied and sold to Avea Communication Centers (AİM) and Avea Distribution Centers (ADM) authorized by Avea together with Avea Corporate Technology Centers (KTM) and Avea brand products in retail channels.

Distributorship contract is signed with Lenovo Technology BV on Lenovo brand smart phone products.

Distributorship contracts are signed with Acer Computer Ltd on desktop and portable computer, tablet, monitor, server, data storage products and their peripheral unit products; with Fujitsu Technology Solutions Bilişim Ltd. Şti. on monitor products; with AOC International (Europe) BV on activities in the Turkish market.

Türk Telekom Distributorship

Datagate completes its first year as Telko distributor. Software, logistics, technology, and infrastructure processes are completed to increase service quality. Distributorship contract is signed with Türk Telekom.

Avea distributorship of Datagate takes its place in Index Grup history as the first step in telecom sector and as a critical development that can contribute to significant growth every year. With this contract Index Grup concludes distributorship contract with 10 smart phone producers and manages to take its place among strong players of the mobile world.

Opening Abroad

Index transfers all its distributorship contracts regarding value added product groups to a group company, Artım. In its new structure, Artım becomes distributor of Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Lenovo DCG, Fujitsu, Honeywell, Zebra, Panasonic, and APC brands.

Artım is restructured to take its value added products to corporate clients abroad starting from Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan through high-quality channel business partner ecosystem.

Netex receives distributorship of A10 Networks.

Despec receives regional distributorship of Samsung mobile products and tablets.

TÜSİAD Chairmanship Period

Erol Bilecik is elected as Chairman of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) Board of Directors.

Index signs partnership with Samsung Electronics Turkey on distributorship. Again this year, Index becomes single authorized distributor of Microsoft PC accessories in Turkey.

Despec starts assigned accessory sales with GSM operators and IT chain stores distributorship of Samsung accessories.

Artım receives Micro Focus distributorship and opens its office in Azerbaijan.

New Partnerships

Index reinforces its product portfolio year after year with global leading technology brands and in 2018 becomes distributor of SanDisk and OPPO brands.

The same year Despec starts distributorship of Philips Lightening smart lightening systems while Artım becomes distributor of Pure Storage and all product range of Micro Focus.

30th Anniversary of Index Grup

With the General Assembly meeting held on February 20, 2019, Erol Bilecik completed his assignment as the President of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association), where he had served since January 12, 2017.

Index Grup moves to its new office at Seba Office Boulevard in its 30th anniversary in 2019. In other words, Index Grup “returns home” that they all had been missing for 5 years.

Ankara, Bursa, Eskişehir, Çanakkale, Balıkesir, Bilecik, Yalova, Kütahya, and Kırıkkale cities are added to device sales and other distributorship services continuing between Datagate and Türk Telekom Grup.

Netex receives distributorship of Infovista, D-Link, Vertiv, and Arista.

The New Netex

Despec becomes distributor of Realme, Intenso, and Jlab brands.

Datagate becomes the authorized distributor of HTC Vive products in Turkey.

In order to present strongest brands of current IT technologies to its business partners from a single source, Netex and Artım companies of Index Grup active in value added distribution are merged under single umbrella on November 2nd, 2020 and start providing services under the name “Netex”.

Continue to grow with new brands

Index Grup, strengthening its product portfolio with the world’s leading technology brands year by year, further singed distributorship contracts with strong brands in 2021.

In 2021, Index AŞ became the distributor of Netatmo and Qnap brands. Datagate AŞ signed a distributorship agreement with Jarvisen Translator brand, which makes the fastest and most accurate translation among the most spoken languages in the world. Despec AŞ signed a distributorship agreement with Glorious brand, which is a PC gaming hardware accessories company, and became the exclusive distributor of the brand in Turkey. Netex AŞ signed a distributor agreement with the Legrand brand. In addition, it became the sole distributor of Ricon Mobile, a subsidiary of the domestic telecommunications devices manufacturer Spintek, in Turkey.

New Awards and Strong Collaborations

Index Grup continued to grow with new leader brands, expand its product portfolio and crown its achievements with awards in 2022.

This year, Indeks Bilgisayar received the "Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year" and "Distributor with the Largest Dealer Network" awards from HP, the "Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year" and "Most Widely Selling Distributor of the Year" awards from Lenovo, and the "Highest Growth Distributor in All Categories" award from Canon in the Middle East and Turkey region.  Datagate AŞ became the retail channel distributor of Ecovacs Robotics, Tineco and Yeedi branded robot vacuum cleaners in Turkey. Datagate AŞ also became responsible for the distribution of ZTE Blade V30 model, the new product of ZTE, one of the world's leading telecommunication brands, in Turkey. Despec AŞ became the sole authorised distributor of Colorful, the leading brand in China in the field of graphics cards, in Turkey. At the same time, a new distribution agreement has been signed this year with SBS brand, a pioneer in smartphone and tablet accessories. Netex AŞ received the "Distributor of the Year" award at the award ceremony organised by Aruba this year.

A Year Full of Awards

In 2023 Index Grup achieved successes that would consolidate its clear leadership of 23 years.

Index AŞ and Netex AŞ among Index Grup companies that act with the vision of “technology distribution group of the future” in Turkish IT sector, received three awards in Business Partners Meeting organized by Lenovo in the first days of the new year. Index AŞ received awards for being “Highest Corporate Segment Turnover Distributor of the Year” and “Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year”, while Netex AŞ received an award for being “ISG Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year”. With this award, Index AŞ received “Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year” award for the seventh time in a row.

According to results of ChannelWatch Distributor Survey conducted by international BT research company CONTEXT active in over 22 countries in the world, Index AŞ among Index Grup companies was selected “Distributor of the Year”. In addition, Despec AŞ among group companies received “the most Innovative Distributor” and “the Best Customer Services” awards while Netex AŞ received “the Best Value-Added Distributor” award. Therefore, Index Grup companies received a total of 4 awards in this scope.

Index Grup received “the Best Retail Channel Business Partner 2023, 1st Half Year” award given by Realme Türkiye.

Leading information technologies distributor company of Türkiye, Index AŞ received “Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year” award from HP Türkiye for the seventh time in a row.

Index Grup continued to support education of children and young people in this very special year when we are celebrating the centennial of our republic. In this scope, following a 2.5-month long effort, Index Grup completed repair works at Hatay Erol Bilecik Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School that the Group constructed in 2008. Following these repair efforts, the school that was damaged in the earthquake opened its doors to students once again. In addition, hundreds of students started to get engaged in sports in a gym donated by Index Grup at the garden of a public school in Defne, being one of the most heavily destructed districts in Antakya. Index Grup started the second century of our Republic with a new project in cooperation with Turkish Education Foundation (TEV). In the scope of this project, Index Grup decided to support education of 100 earthquake victim students in Hatay with education scholarships it will grant for one year.

35th Anniversary Crowned with Investments

In 2024, Index Grup continued its 24-year leadership while succeeded in new investments crowning the 35th anniversary of its establishment. 

Index Grup continued its exploration of business lines to complement its core operations in 2024. In this context, the company acquired a 51% stake in HB Bilişim Teknolojileri, one of the largest firms providing world-class solutions in mobile products, including refurbishment, sales, and technical services. Through this strategic partnership, Index Grup made a strong entry into the refurbished electronics sector.

In 2024, Index Grup also accelerated its investments in next-generation smart logistics centers. As part of this initiative, the group made a strategic decision to increase its logistics capacity nearly fourfold and took the first steps toward expanding its storage and logistics capacity to 62,000 square meters.

In the last days of this very special year marking its 35th anniversary, Index Grup shared some good news in the field of social responsibility. Index Grup established the Foundation for Access to Information Technologies and Education, a project it had been working on for a long time, to pioneer equal opportunities in education, support young people facing challenges in accessing technology, and contribute to raising the level of education of the public in the second century of our Republic.

According to the results of CONTEXT’s ChannelWatch Reseller Survey, Index AŞ was named “Distributor of the Year” and “Best Customer Service Distributor.” Netex AŞ, on the other hand, received “Best Value-Added Distributor” and “Best Unified Communication Distributor” awards.

Index and Netex earned a total of four awards at the Partner Award Ceremony organized by Lenovo. Index AŞ received “Highest Turnover Corporate Segment Distributor of the Year” and “Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year” awards, while Netex AŞ won the “ISG Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year” award. With this award, Index AŞ won the “Highest Turnover Distributor of the Year” award for the 8th time in a row. Index Grup also won the “Lenovo 360 Distributor of the Year” award, given for the first time this year by Lenovo to the distributor with the highest turnover in both the PC category and the ISG category.

Leadership Strengthened by Strategic Investments

In 2025, Index Grup maintained its leadership in the IT distribution sector, proudly marking its 25th consecutive year as the long-standing market leader.

The year was a milestone period in which major strategic investments were brought to life. The foundation was laid for the Index Logistics Center (ILC), a next-generation smart logistics hub currently under construction on a 62,000 m² site in Kocaeli and scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.

One of the most significant steps strengthening the Group’s position within the technology ecosystem was the launch of the Vodafone distribution partnership through Datagate. In the same year, Index Grup continued its growth through new collaborations with leading global brands such as Huawei, Motorola, Kaspersky, and Teltonika.

Through the SAP RISE project, the Group accelerated its digital transformation journey, reinforcing its goal of building a more agile and future-ready organizational structure. As part of this initiative, Index Grup was honored with the “Digital Transformation Award of the Year in the Technology Sector” at the SAP Executive Summit, within the scope of the SAP Transformation Awards.

Index AŞ was recognized by CONTEXT following a survey conducted among distributors’ business partners, receiving the “Distributor of the Year,” “Best Logistics Distributor,” and “Best Customer Service Distributor” awards.

At the HP Business Partners Meeting, Index AŞ was awarded “Top Revenue Distributor” for the 9th consecutive year. Additionally, the company received the “Highest Growth Distributor” award, once again demonstrating its consistent performance.

Index AŞ and Netex AŞ were honored with a total of three awards at Lenovo’s Business Partner Awards Ceremony. Index AŞ received the “Top Revenue Distributor of the Year – Enterprise Segment,” while Netex AŞ was awarded “Top Revenue Distributor of the Year – ISG.” In addition, Index Grup received the “Lenovo 360 Distributor of the Year” award.

The HPE Aruba Networking teams within Netex AŞ were recognized at the HPE Partner Kick-Off 2025 event with the HPE Aruba Networking Promo Champion and HPE Aruba Networking MVP Pre-Sales Team awards. The same teams also received a significant award at the HP RPB event held in Barcelona for their resilience and consistency under challenging conditions. Furthermore, Netex AŞ was honored with the “Distributor of the Year 2025” award at Cisco Türkiye’s Partner Exchange event — the only distributor award presented that year.

Despec AŞ was awarded “MEA Region Best Partner 2025” by Baseus and “Best Distributor of the Year 2025” by Govee.

Index Grup also stood out with its financial performance. In the Fortune 500 Türkiye list, Index AŞ moved up one position to rank as the 45th most valuable company in Türkiye. In Capital Magazine’s Top 500 Private Companies in Türkiye ranking, the Group proudly placed three companies: Index AŞ ranked 59th, Datagate AŞ 437th, and Despec AŞ 494th. Additionally, Index AŞ received an award in the “Information & Communication” category at the Platin Global 100 Awards