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AUTOMOTIVE AND AUTOPARTS INDUSTRIES IN TURKEY<br />

TURKEY’S VEHICLE INDUSTRY<br />

PRODUCTION<br />

Vehicle <strong>in</strong>dustry production <strong>in</strong> Turkey dates back to the mid­1950s <strong>and</strong> the <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />

ga<strong>in</strong>ed momentum <strong>in</strong> the early 1960s. After manufactur<strong>in</strong>g some prototype vehicles<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g the 1950s, the first vehicle assembly company was established <strong>in</strong> 1954 (Turk<br />

Willys Overl<strong>and</strong> Ltd.) for jeep manufactur<strong>in</strong>g. By 1955 trucks <strong>and</strong> by 1963 buses were<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g assembled <strong>in</strong> Turkey. Then passenger car assembly companies, namely<br />

TOFAŞ (FIAT), OYAK (RENAULT) <strong>and</strong> OTOSAN (FORD) started operations <strong>in</strong> the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g three years. In 1966 the <strong>in</strong>dustry also began to assemble its own cars<br />

(OTOSAN). The Turkish­made passenger car of those times “ANADOL” is nostalgia<br />

now. The two major producers of cars, TOFAŞ <strong>and</strong> OYAK­RENAULT, under Italian<br />

<strong>and</strong> French licenses respectively, established their production l<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> 1971. Recently<br />

Japanese <strong>and</strong> South Korean car manufacturers have established jo<strong>in</strong>t­ventures <strong>in</strong><br />

Turkey. In 1999, Turkish truck manufacturer BMC began to export its own design<br />

trucks to the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom, Spa<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> Portugal. BMC also signed a contract with<br />

Iran cover<strong>in</strong>g delivery of 10,000 buses <strong>and</strong> trucks <strong>in</strong> CBU or CKD/SKD form –for<br />

assembly­ to Iran. As to passenger cars <strong>and</strong> light commercial vehicles, Turkish<br />

manufacturers are becom<strong>in</strong>g world production centers of global companies, whom<br />

they have licence agreements with.<br />

Today 15 companies are manufactur<strong>in</strong>g various types of vehicles such as passenger<br />

cars, buses, trucks, pickups, m<strong>in</strong>i <strong>and</strong> midibuses <strong>and</strong> trailers. Five companies are<br />

produc<strong>in</strong>g passenger cars (FIAT, HONDA, HYUNDAI, RENAULT, TOYOTA) Eleven<br />

companies are produc<strong>in</strong>g pick­ups <strong>and</strong> trucks (ASKAM, BMC, FORD, HYUNDAI,<br />

ISUZU, KARSAN, M.A.N., MERCEDES­BENZ, OTOKAR, OTOYOL, TEMSA) Eleven<br />

companies are produc<strong>in</strong>g buses <strong>and</strong> m<strong>in</strong>i buses (ASKAM, BMC, FORD, HYUNDAI,<br />

ISUZU, KARSAN, M.A.N, MERCEDES­BENZ, OTOKAR, OTOYOL, TEMSA)<br />

COMPANIES IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY<br />

Company Location Products<br />

HONDA TÜRKİYE GEBZE/KOCAELI Passenger cars<br />

ANADOLU ISUZU O.S. ISTANBUL Trucks, pick­ups, midibuses<br />

ASKAM GEBZE/KOCAELI R. tractors, trucks,pick­ups<br />

BMC IZMIR Trucks, pick­ups, buses, m<strong>in</strong>ibuses,<br />

midibuses<br />

FORD OTOSAN ISTANBUL/ESKISEHIR Trucks, pick­ups, m<strong>in</strong>ibuses<br />

/KOCAELI<br />

HYUNDAI ASSAN KOCAELI Passenger cars, pick­ups, m<strong>in</strong>ibuses<br />

KARSAN BURSA Pick­ups, m<strong>in</strong>ibuses, midibuses<br />

M.A.N. ANKARA R. tractors, trucks, buses<br />

M. BENZ TÜRK ISTANBUL/AKSARAY R.tractors, trucks, buses, m<strong>in</strong>ibuses<br />

© İGEME – Export Promotion Center of Turkey, 2007 1

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