Birth of Hasan Rauf Pekkip
1914
Birth of Cevvale Pekkip, née Evgin
1923
Evgin family, with mother Cevvale in the centre
Birth of Ahmet Pekkip
1952
The proud parents Cevvale and Hasan Rauf Pekkip present their son Ahmet
Construction of a nitrogen plant in cooperation with BASF in Turkey
1954
Move to Ludwigshafen to prepare
1958
Move to Turkey to complete the factory
1959
Overthrow of the Turkish Democratic Party, detention of its chairman Hasan Rauf Pekkip
1960
Acquittal of Hasan Rauf Pekkip
1960
Final move to Heidelberg and acquisition of the Auerhahn restaurant (the first Turkish restaurant in Heidelberg)
1962
(1961–1962)
Ahmet Pekkip attends the Bunsen-Gymnasium, Neuenheim
1966
Ahmet Pekkip, his parents and brother Mehmet (right) on the famous Philosophenweg (Philosophers’ Walk) in Heidelberg
Completion of military service in Turkey
1972
(1972–1974)
Managing a Frankfurt construction company in cooperation with the US Army
1974
(1974–1991)
Construction of the Ärztehaus Bergheim medical centre at Römerstrasse 1 with integrated pharmacy
1991
(1991–1993)
Reconstruction and renovation of the former Gräflich von Oberndorff’schen Brauerei (Count Oberndorff’s brewery)
1991
(1991 - 1993)
Independent contractors
1992
(1992–2008)
Construction of the Brückenkopf Heidelberg building, which brings together a hospital, retail units and apartments
1992
(1992–1994)
Acquisition of an oncology clinic in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as providing free education and training of doctors there
2003
Acquisition of the Rhein-Jura Klinik in cooperation with the University of Freiburg Medical Centre
2005
Death of his youngest brother from lung cancer
2007
Establishment of Xenios Apartments serviced apartment house
2007
Location of Xenios Apartments
Cooperation between the Rhein-Jura Klinik and the University of Freiburg Medical Centre
2008
Construction of a hotel in Hochheim
2012
Initiation of ITOCD by Xenios Events
2012
Implementation of the International Lung Cancer Congress in Shanghai, China, with over 500 top scientists
2013
Support of various social projects for children as well as hospitals and sports facilities
2013
Support of the St. Josef Catholic children’s home (since 2013)
Pekkip family
2014
(October 2014)
Ahmet Pekkip with daughter Lale
2015