Advertising agency
Rafineri
Istanbul independent, fifth among the world's most effective independent agency offices in the 2025 Effie Index.
Rafineri is an independent agency based in Istanbul. The 2025 Effie Index, published in June 2026, ranks it fifth among the world's most effective independent agency offices; Banda is the only European office above it, which makes it second among Europe's independent agency offices.
Standing in the Report's landscape
No. 6 in Top agencies in Europe, 2026
2 points: second among Europe's independent agency offices in the 2025 Effie Index (fifth worldwide, with Banda the only European office above it); it leads the tie at 2 points on Effie standing.
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The rankings behind it
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Where it shines
- Among the five most effective independent agency offices in the world in the 2025 Effie Index.
- Second only to Banda among Europe's independent agency offices in the same index.
Check before signing
- Its website, services and offices were not confirmed by the sources read: ask for a capabilities deck before shortlisting.
- Its standing rests on one effectiveness index: ask which Effie cases and markets it rests on.
What it offers
- Markets
- Türkiye
How it is classified
- Category
- Creative
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Our six checks
- Ownership is public: not known yet
- Services are published: not known yet
- Offices are listed: not known yet
- Privacy is published: not known yet
- Effectiveness is evidenced: met
- Work is shown: not known yet
- Ownership is publicNot assessed
It names its owner (the holding group) or states that it is independent, and names its leadership.
The Effie Index lists it as independent; owner and leadership were not seen on its own pages.
- Services are publishedNot assessed
A services or capabilities page says what it does.
Not checked on the agency's own pages for this listing.
- Offices are listedNot assessed
It publishes where it operates: its offices or markets.
Not checked on the agency's own pages for this listing.
- Privacy is publishedNot assessed
Its site has a privacy notice, and a code of conduct where one was seen.
Not checked on the agency's own pages for this listing.
- Effectiveness is evidencedMet
An independent effectiveness ranking or award from 2023 to 2026 names it (the Effie Index, the IPA Effectiveness Awards, the WARC Effective 100).
Fifth independent agency office worldwide in the 2025 Effie Index (published June 2026).
- Work is shownNot assessed
It publishes case studies or named client work.
Not checked on the agency's own pages for this listing.
Not assessed is not a failure — it means we have not checked yet. Methodology
Evidence
Sources
Every attribute
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Identity
| Type | Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Categories | Creative | |
| Founded | Not recorded | |
| Headquarters | Türkiye | |
| Ownership | Not recorded | |
| Parent company | Not recorded | |
| Stock ticker | Not recorded | |
| Added by | IMC Report team |
Fit
| Objectives | Not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Disciplines | Not recorded | |
| Number of disciplines | Not recorded | |
| Suits | None | |
| Company sizes | Not recorded | |
| Industries | Not recorded | |
| Markets | Türkiye | |
| Reach | 45/100 | |
| Support languages | Not recorded |
Trust
The community
| "Looks right" confirmations | 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Community experiences | 0 |
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