- Automotive and Autoparts Industry
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Vehicle industry production in Turkey dates back to the mid-1950s and the industry gained momentum in the early 1960s. By 1955 trucks,and by 1963 buses were being assembled in Turkey. Then passenger car assembly companies, namelyTOFAS (FIAT), OYAK (RENAULT) and OTOSAN (FORD) started operations in the following three years.
In 1966 the industry also began to assemble its own cars (OTOSAN). The Turkish-made passenger car of those times ANADOL' is nostalgia now. The two major producersof cars, TOFAS and OYAK-RENAULT, under Italian and French licenses respectively, established their production lines in 1971. Recently Japanese and South Korean car manufacturers have established joint-ventures in Turkey. In 1999, Turkish truck manufacturer BMC began to export its own design trucks to the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal. BMC also signed an agreement with Iran for delivering buses and trucks to Iran.
As to passenger cars and small commercial vehicles, Turkish manufacturers are becoming world production centers of huge global producers whom they have licence agreements with. Today 15 companies are manufacturing various types of vehicles such as passenger cars, buses, trucks, pickups, mini and midibuses and trailers.
Autoparts Industry
In line with the growing automotive industry, the Turkish autoparts sector has developed rapidly. The Turkish autoparts industry, with its large capacity, wide variety of production and comparatively high standards, supports automotive industry production and the vehicles in Turkey (approximately 11 million vehicles) and also has ample potential for exports.
Turkey exports many cars, buses and trucks in parts. In terms of breakdown of autoparts exports by province, Bursa, Istanbul, Kocaeli and Izmir have the major share. Number of exporter companies in autoparts industry is above 2400.
Turkish autoparts products are destined for a wide range of countries in the world. The main export markets are Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, the United States, Spain, Iran, Romania, the Russian Federation, Austria, Egypt and Iraq. In 2005 about 65% of autoparts exports were directed to the EU Countries. Turkish autoparts exporters follow European and international standards and norms.
Source: http://www.igeme.org.tr/indexe.cfm
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