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Beko DIGITAL

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
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Enterprise Technology Stack & Vendor Relationships

Beko is a brand within the Arçelik group, which identifies Beko among 22 owned or licensed brands 1. Arçelik is a Turkish listed company traded as ARCLK and is identified in the European Commission’s Arçelik/Whirlpool EMEA decision as part of the Koç Group 2, 3.

Beko’s management disclosure identifies a Chief Purchasing, Supply Chain and Digital Officer, but does not identify enterprise-technology vendors, managed-service providers, or systems integrators 4. No public evidence identified of a Beko/Arçelik licensing, subscription, integration, managed-service, or deployment relationship with Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, NICE, Verint, Palo Alto Networks, or another verified Israeli-origin enterprise-security, cloud, analytics, or communications vendor.

The available corporate disclosures and focused review do not provide an enterprise-vendor inventory, endpoint-security record, subprocessor list, network architecture, or Israeli public-procurement identifier for Beko/Arçelik 4, 5, 6. The absence of a named vendor in these materials should not be interpreted as proof that no unreported vendor relationship exists 4, 5.

Surveillance, Biometrics & Retail Technology

Beko states that its R&D work includes smart-home connectivity, IoT technologies, sensors, supporting analytics, and assessment of computer vision, RFID, radar, and gas-sensing technologies for appliance and environmental monitoring 7. The R&D disclosure identifies no supplier, customer-identification deployment, or Israeli connection for those technology categories 7.

No public evidence identified of Beko/Arçelik use of Israeli-origin facial recognition, biometric identification, behavioural or gait analytics, predictive policing, social-media monitoring, workforce surveillance, or comparable retail-monitoring tools. The reviewed materials do not establish whether Beko uses non-Israeli retail analytics or monitoring systems in particular markets 4, 7, 8.

Cloud Infrastructure, Data Residency & Sovereign Cloud Participation

Arçelik’s 2024 annual report listed Beko Israel Household Appliances Ltd. among group entities as of the reporting date 5. Arçelik’s March 2025 interim financial statements state that all shares in Beko Israel Household Appliances Ltd., then a wholly owned subsidiary, were sold on 24 February 2025 9.

The March 2025 filing does not identify the purchaser or describe transitional services, data migration, hosting, data processing, or a continuing commercial relationship after the sale 9. A 2022 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange disclosure stated that Arçelik, as manufacturer of the Beko brand, had a 3 May 2021 distribution agreement and intended to move toward self-distribution in Israel, but that historic disclosure predates the 2025 subsidiary sale 10.

Israel’s official Project Nimbus notice identifies AWS and Google as the selected public-cloud providers to the Israeli Government 11. The Project Nimbus notice does not identify Beko as a provider or participant, and it does not establish the absence of any separate engagement by Beko 11.

No public evidence identified that Beko/Arçelik operated, leased, or co-located Israeli data-centre infrastructure; participated in Project Nimbus; or provided cloud, data-residency, sovereign-cloud, digital-sovereignty, or resilience services to Israeli state or military bodies. No reviewed source establishes Beko’s data-hosting locations, cross-border routing arrangements, cloud providers, or Israeli systems-transition arrangements following the 2025 sale 4, 5, 9, 11.

Defence, Intelligence & Security Sector Technology Relationships

No public evidence identified of Beko/Arçelik contracts, partnerships, service agreements, technology provision, or digital-services engagements with the Israeli Ministry of Defense, IDF, intelligence agencies, or other Israeli security bodies. The reviewed corporate disclosures, Israeli-operation materials, UN documents, NGO-oriented databases, and targeted procurement review did not surface a Beko-specific award or agreement 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 8.

No public evidence identified of Beko/Arçelik developing, licensing, selling, or maintaining offensive-cyber capabilities, exploit tools, digital weapons, autonomous target-generation systems, automated threat-detection systems, or autonomous tracking systems for Israeli state actors. Beko’s disclosed technology work concerns home appliances, connected devices, sensors, analytics, and related R&D rather than identified security-sector products 7.

The 2024 Beko Europe transaction combined Arçelik’s wholly owned Beko B.V. with Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC, initially giving Beko B.V. a 75% holding in Beko Europe 13. Arçelik subsequently disclosed an agreement for Beko B.V. to acquire Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC’s remaining 25% holding for EUR 71.45 million, with completion targeted for end-June 2026 subject to closing conditions 14. No post-closing disclosure was located in the supplied research confirming completion of that announced acquisition.

AI, Algorithmic & Autonomous Systems

Beko describes R&D involving supporting analytics, IoT and smart-home technologies, connected-device functions, sensors, and computer-vision assessment 7. Its R&D materials do not identify provision of AI/ML, computer vision, autonomous systems, or surveillance-derived data services to Israeli state, military, or security bodies 7.

No public evidence identified that Beko/Arçelik AI models or platforms were trained on, or received access to, civilian, communications, or surveillance-derived data from Israel or the occupied Palestinian territory. No public evidence identified of Beko/Arçelik provision of automated decision-support, autonomous target generation, automated threat detection, or autonomous tracking systems to Israeli military or security forces.

The available R&D disclosure identifies technology categories but does not enumerate every R&D location, collaborator, software component, model, or data source 7. Accordingly, the reviewed public materials cannot establish a complete technical inventory or data-governance map for the group 7, 9.

Technology Ecosystem & R&D Footprint

Beko reports 17 R&D centres worldwide, more than 1,500 researchers, and research spanning appliance efficiency, sensors, smart homes, IoT, and connected-device analytics 7. Its Sensor Technologies team is identified as Istanbul-based, and the cited R&D page does not identify an Israeli R&D centre, engineering office, innovation lab, accelerator, or Israeli research partner 7.

Beko’s technology-transfer platform invites proposals involving joint development, licensing, supplier/OEM collaboration, and acquisitions 15. The platform states that submitting an application does not itself create cooperation, a licence, assignment, or commitment, and it identifies no Israeli participant or transaction 15.

No public evidence identified of Beko/Arçelik acquisitions of Israeli technology companies, strategic investments in Israeli technology startups or venture funds, or patent, licensing, or co-development arrangements with Israeli-domiciled research institutions. The available sources do not provide a complete registry of all group subsidiaries, distributors, service entities, R&D collaborators, or technology investments 3, 5, 7, 15.

Arçelik’s 2024 annual report recorded Koç Holding A.Ş. as holding 41.43% of capital as of 31 December 2024, alongside holdings by Teknosan, Koç family shareholders, Burla, the Koç Holding Pension and Aid Fund Foundation, Temel Ticaret, the Vehbi Koç Foundation, treasury shares, and other shareholders 5. The current KAP company-information page reports Koç Holding A.Ş. at 48.53% of capital and votes, while cautioning that its indirect-share information is informational rather than determinative for regulatory purposes 3.

Koç Holding reports that a majority of its shares are owned by the Koç family and family-owned companies, with 26.9% publicly listed in its 2024 annual report 16. Its current shareholder page reports Koç family members and family-owned companies collectively at 63.4%, plus 7.3% held by the Vehbi Koç Foundation 17. These ownership disclosures provide controlling-group context but do not disclose an Israeli technology investment by the named principals 16, 17.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Regulatory History

The supplied document-scoped pre-scan found no Beko mention in the identified UN Special Rapporteur report, the 2023 and 2025 OHCHR settlement-database updates, and the specified NGO reports 12, 18, 19. This finding is limited to the specified documents and does not establish absence from all settlement-related databases, civil-society reporting, corporate records, procurement records, or company aliases 12, 18, 19.

No public evidence identified in the reviewed material of an NGO or academic investigation specifically documenting Beko technology provision to Israeli state bodies or occupied-territory operations. No public evidence identified of a Beko-specific technology-related boycott or divestment campaign, regulatory inquiry, export-control action, sanctions investigation, or court proceeding concerning Israeli state entities or occupied-territory operations 4, 5, 16, 8.

AFSC Investigate’s occupations resource was among the reviewed civil-society sources, but the supplied research did not identify a verified Beko-specific profile or allegation from that source 8. The reviewed materials therefore support only a bounded negative finding, not a conclusion about all possible civil-society, regulatory, or legal records 12, 18, 19, 8.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.arcelikglobal.com/en/company/about-us/overview/ ↩

  2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32023M11086 ↩

  3. https://kap.org.tr/en/sirket-bilgileri/genel/863-arcelik-a-s ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. https://www.bekocorporate.com/company/about-us/management/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  5. https://www.arcelikglobal.com/media/bovh23pl/arcelik_2024-eng.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  6. https://www.arcelikglobal.com/en/company/investor-relations/investor-relations/ ↩

  7. https://www.bekoplc.com/innovation/research-and-development/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  8. https://investigate.afsc.org/occupations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  9. https://www.arcelikglobal.com/media/prjbp3gc/arcelik-31-03-2025-spk-eng.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  10. https://mayafiles.tase.co.il/RHtm/1530001-1531000/H1530215.htm ↩

  11. https://www.mr.gov.il/ilgstorefront/en/news/details/111222 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  12. https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  13. https://www.bekoplc.com/news/arcelik-launches-beko-europe-a-leading-provider-of-sustainable-home-appliances-in-europe/ ↩

  14. https://www.kap.org.tr/tr/Bildirim/1618806 ↩

  15. https://www.bekocorporate.com/technology/technology-transfer-and-cooperation-request-form/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. https://cdn.koc.com.tr/cmscontainer/kocholding/media/koc/03yatirimci-iliskileri/raporlar/faaliyet-raporları/kocholding_fr24eng.pdf?ext=.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  17. https://www.koc.com.tr/investor-relations/about-koc-holding ↩ ↩2

  18. https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/53/24 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/60/19 ↩ ↩2 ↩3