Tekel Birası is a Turkish beer brand. Having first been brewed in Bomonti, Istanbul in 1890, it is known as the oldest brewery brand in the country.
Tekel Birası was a state monopoly brand until 2004. Following the privatisation, the era of Tekel state monopoly has ended and now production is under control of a private company called MEY.https://web.archive.org/web/20060721195412/http://www.mey.com.tr/eng/anasayfa.html