Complex sentence: It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal (government owned/controlled) company, previously owned by a foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie, or "la Société de la régie co-intéressée des tabacs de l'Empire Ottoman".
Split into simpler sentences: It was nationalised in 1925 from a parastatal (government owned/controlled) company, the Régie. A joint foreign and Ottoman consortium, the Régie was short for "La Société de la régie co-intéressée des tabacs de l'Empire Ottoman".