Turkish Automotive History |
The Ottoman Period
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https://www.anadolturkey.com/web/en/aboutanadol/history/turkototarih.html#sigFreeIdac88eeb18b Increasing demand for agricultural products, agricultural tools directed to ensure adequate supply. Tractors and other agricultural machines were presented for human use, age of horse-drawn vehicles and passenger cars that transport was the most common tools. Such as the conversion of imported vans minibuses bright future of the automotive industry had shown that retrofits. In 1952, foreign industrialists began to come to Turkey to sign partnership agreements with the local industrialists. In 1954, Jeep models were suitable for use in agriculture for the production and the Turkish Willys Overland Jeep Factory was established at Tuzla in Turkey and Büssing trucks with military jeeps and vans were crafted. Commercial truck production was started in 1955. Founded in 1955, the staff of the Federal Turkey Trucks Inc. at Çayırova Federal Assembly and began to manufacture trucks with the brand. In the meantime, the efforts for the development of the agricultural industry continued until 1961. In 1956, Minneapolis-Moline Tractor and Agricultural Machinery Turkey started its operations in Turkey by the Turkish Aeronautical Association, and the first aircraft engine factory was built. Also plant to produce tractors and agricultural machinery was transferred to Mechanical and Chemical Industry Joint Stock company. Otosan; Ford Motor Company and Koç Group in 1959, was established at the initiative of the first steps have been taken in terms of automobile production-oriented investments. The Otosan factory in Turkey in 1960 was working with Ford Thames truck production together with Ford Consul car and light commercial vehicle Ford Transit went into production in 1967. In 1962, the Federal Turkey Trucks Inc has been aquired by OYAK Inc. in partnership with the International Harvester Truck, Bus, Minibus, Tractor, Truck, Pick-Up and Reo Military Vehicles by brand chassis, radiator, gas tank, and the frame buffer, which will produce intermediate material (TOE Turkish Automotive Industry) was founded. In 1963, the Bus Body Co., Ltd. Magirus buses started to be realized by the installation. Period in 1961 by order of President Cemal Gursel Eskisehir State Railways Plant in Turkey by Turkish engineers completely designed and produced the first car developed at the request of the revolution but he also was named to the vehicle: Devrim (Revolution). At that time, 135 days, in a country that cannot produce even a needle, was a very short time with extremely limited resources, such as the Turkish-made car completely developed, that four units were produced for the three different types of automobiles manufactured. The declaration of the engineers was as follows:" The Turks can not produce cars! "Mentality refuted, thinking back has been defeated. We can assert that the more robust of the Revolution, the investment is no longer a matter of making more beautiful. To decide this issue in the government encourage us to see. Constructive criticism is always ready. There is no personal stake in it. Our goal is to our develop the country. The Great Turkish People to appreciate... " “Devrim” deserved the same attention to invest in car, unfortunately, could not see and did not go to mass production. However, the private sector and encouraging them has fueled the idea of car manufacturing. At mid-1960s TOE, started to the unsuccessful negotiations with Volvo, but later car manufacturing company Triumph reached a licensing agreement with TOE in partnership with the 'Victory' brand started to work on the domestic automobile production. First sedan model, then the model of the station wagon and pick-up are thought to produce some of the people and environments of the vehicle, while the promotion stage production dropped due to pressure. Otosan, by the year 1966, prepared by the British Reliant company and, in principle prototype fiberglass-bodied two-door, all the mechanical parts from Ford, the automobile Anadol name began to produce a result of a competition. In 1968 , Koç Group made their second aotomotive investment with Italian Fiat S.p.a., TOFAŞ which started in 1971 with the production of Murat 124 (Fiat 124). The production of Murat 131 (Fiat 131 in 1971 strated and continued with the various types of 131. In 1969, OYAK has made a joint-venture with French Renault, OYAK-RENAULT, and started the production of Renault 12 in 1971. By 1985, Ford Taunus models of Otosan, Renault 9 model of Oyak Renault have begun to production. Two years later, in 1987, Turkey's first hatchback model, the Renault 11 bands out and the first diesel engine installed in the Anadol Pick-up by Otosan. In 1989, Renault 12 series of amendments to the engine and body, and by 2000 the production of the Taurus model continued transformed. Renault 21 Renault started to produce top-class model in the 90s. Opel and Toyota Corolla, the road was the first domestic production. TOE in 1993 and Genoto factories in 1995 have been closed down. In 1997, as the first domestic production of the Honda Civic and Hyundai Accent production appeared. Turkey has started to produce in the sports car. Etox, the second sports car produced after STC-16 of Anadol in Turkey. Other sports cars produced by the clover-Onuk Shipyards "Onuk Carp" and "Onuk S-56" from the prototype stage Automobiles. There is also a hand-made entrepreneur "Diardi" produced cars. Truck company established in Gaziantep in 2007 Folkvan herald branded vans began manufacturing and assembly. As of today, apart from the above mentioned companies, the following automotive factories, member of OSD (Automotive Producers Association of Turkey) are the main producers in Turkey:
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