Automotive Exports – May 2017

www.automotive-exports.com 

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine 

May 2017 

Turkish Automotive Sector 

Represented in Brazil 

Automechanika Dubai to 

Source New Business Contacts 

Automotive Production 

Full Steam Ahead


GROUP CHAIRMAN 

H. FERRUH ISIK 

PUBLISHER: 

İstmag Magazin Gazetecilik 

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Genel Müdür 

(Managing Editor) 

Mehmet Söztutan 

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Mehmet Soztutan, Editor-in-Chief 

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Dynamism and 

innovation in action 

The autoparts industry of Turkey has developed rapidly as a consequence 

of developments in the automotive industry. The autoparts industry 

with its large capacity, wide variety of production and high standards, supports 

automotive industry production and the vehicles in Turkey and also has ample 

potential for exports. Business people operating in the industry have become 

outward oriented more than ever before. 

These companies not only dominate the primary supply markets but also 

capture an increasing share of the replacement market. At the same time, for 

the quite a number of technologically advanced companies, prospects are 

good for establishing themselves as exporters of autoparts. Their continued 

success in exports markets depend on close technical links with part makers 

in industrialised countries and the willingness of their foreign partners to 

integrate their Turkish counterparts into their production-distribution networks 

as regular suppliers of high quality, low-cost components. 

Turkey's autoparts industry exports are increasing steadily year by year. 

Turkey is the only country within the surrounding geographical area to have 

established a well advanced automotive industry. Therefore, the automotive 

industry is strategically important both for Turkey and for firms that will invest 

in Turkey. We think that technology will always be the key for the survival of 

the automotive industry. History says so. 

This month, we participate in Automechanika Dubai 2017 to convey the 

message of the Turkish automotive and auto spare part exporters. The stars 

of the automotive world will be meeting at Automechanika Dubai as usual. 

Automechanika Dubai, showcasing the latest global trends, has turned out 

to be a remarkable automotive aftermarket platform for the Middle East and 

Africa. The Fair which covers the full range of automobile, truck and bus parts, 

equipment, components, accessories, tools, and services continues to bring 

world renowned manufacturers, suppliers and service providers in touch 

with one of the most important growing markets in the world. The markets 

targeted by the Fair are widely recognised as the most attractive in the world 

in terms of future potential. 

Our publications remain at the service of those business people seeking to 

increase their share in the increasingly competitive automotive markets. 

We wish Turkish exporters and their trading partners lucrative business. 

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New Regulation 

For Vehicles 

Wait At 

Customs Office 

A 

new regulation draft is 

offered in order to remove 

losses of the owners of the imported 

secondhand vehicles which have 

been waited at the customs offices. 

With a new regulation that would 

be arranged for the vehicles, which 

wait at the customs offices, will be 

contributed to the economy as well, 

Aydin Erkoc, Chairman of Motor 

Vehicle Sellers Federation (MASFED), 

said. 

Erkoc commented removing tax 

losses of the imported secondhand 

vehicles via draft regulation. 

At the end of checks some of the 

vehicles which have been waited 

at the customs offices regarded as 

illegal and these vehicles have been 

detained, thus lots of people were 

victimized from this situation, Erkoc 

said that the victimization would be 

removed through a new regulation 

to be enacted. 

Highlighting through the new 

regulation that would be made for 

acquitting of the tax to be carried out, 

Erkoc said; “When these vehicles enter 

the Turkish border precautionarydecision 

will be removed due to 

paying 25% of special consumption 

tax. As for the vehicles still do not have 

precautionary-decision that declared 

by the vehicle owners, 15% of special 

consumption tax will be enough. 

Thanks to this, these vehicles which 

wait at the customs offices will be let 

to be contributed to the economy.” 

Erkoc also said the time that will be 

set should be adjusted very well. 

On the other hand, Erkoc also 

warned the imported secondhand 

vehicles buyers to search for these 

vehicles not to face any kinds of 

problems. 

10 MAY 2017


First i-Bus To Be Tested By 

University Students 

The first intelligent bus of Turkish 

automotive industry has been 

submitted to the Teknopark of Kocaeli 

University. 

In order to get views and suggestion 

of the students, the first intelligent bus, 

Avenue iBUS has been submitted to the 

Teknopark of Kocaeli University (KOU). 

The ibus will be used as a shuttle bus of 

the university students and staffs between 

the KOU and Teknopark. Following 

minimum 50 trips, the views and 

feedbacks will be gotten from the 1000 

students and staffs work for Teknopark. 

“We not only produce vehicles, but 

also technology produce and export” 

TEMSA Director General Dincer Celik, 

stating together with change in 

technology also individual and societal 

needs have changed and diversified, 

and said; “Not only the observer of these 

changes, as a company being a decisive 

effective player of these change, today 

we not only produce vehicles we also 

produce technology and export.” 

Indicating they had designed Avenue 

iBUS for intelligent transport for today and 

future’s intelligent cities, Celik continued; 

“We have aimed to contribute to the 

digital transformation of transport in cities. 

With our vehicle we have submitted 

to the Teknopark of Kocaeli University, 

we offer experiencing opportunity for 

the students and staffs of the university 

and Teknopark between the university 

campus and Teknopark campus. We 

target to surge efficiency of the system 

through their opinions by integrated 

with the intelligence transport solutions.” 

Achieved in 7 months 

STM Deputy Director General, Omer 

Korkut, reminding they had cooperated 

with a protocol between STM and 

TEMSA, and said; “Having improved 

with an intensive joint study in R & D 

in a short time such as 7 months as a 

completely domestic system, Fleetics 

product makes possible to examine the 

collected data from i-buses by using 

great data infrastructures and data 

science techniques through offline 

methods. Fleetics ensures to follow realtime 

performance of i-buses, identifying 

of components according to their aging 

condition prior to disorder. Our product 

models behavior of drivers and protects 

accidents and makes up modeling in 

reducing costs in lots of issues.”


Total Automotive Production 

Hit Historical High 

The total automotive production hit its historical high together with tractor 

the production reached 436,513 units in the first three months this year 

ın the first quarter this year, the 

total automotive production 

raised 23 percent, automobile 

production 44 percent. The total 

number of production became 424 

thousand units, as for automobile 

production 300 thousand units. 

The commercial vehicle production 

including passenger and freight 

vehicles decreased 10% and tractor 

production decreased 12 percent 

to 12,294 units in January-March 

2017 over the same period last 

year, according to the report from 

Turkish Automotive Manufacturers 

Association (OSD). 

The total automotive production 

together with tractor reached 

436,513 units in the first three 

months this year. When data 

between the years 2007-2017 

compared, the automobile 

production has reached highest 

level in this period. 

The total market constricted some 

8 percent to 160 thousand units in 

this period. The automobile market 

shrank 9 percent to 116 thousand 

units in the first three months. The 

imported automobile market share 

became 69 percent in this period. 

The heavy commercial vehicle 

market decreased 19% to 3,778 

units, truck market 19% to 3,141 

units, midibus market 21% to 397 

units and bus market 28% to 240 

units respectively in the first quarter 

this year. 

In terms of last decade on average, 

the total market surged 13 percent, 

the automobile market 23 percent 

and light commercial vehicle 

market 1 percent; meanwhile the 

heavy commercial vehicle market 

plunged 50 percent. 

In the commercial vehicle group, 

while the production decreased 

10% and 12% in the light commercial 

vehicle; in the heavy commercial 

vehicle group the production 

surged 34% in the first quarter 

2017. This change in the heavy 

commercial vehicle stemmed from 

base effect. The commercial vehicle 

market decreased 3%, the light 

commercial vehicle group 1%, the 

heavy commercial vehicle group 

19% respectively in this period over 

the same period last year. 

In the first three months this year, 

while the total automotive exports 

increased 33% based on unit, the 

automobile exports surged 60%. 

The total vehicle exports became 

355 thousand units, automobile 

exports 255 thousand units. 

The total automotive exports 

boosted 25% based on dollar, 

30% based on euro. In this period, 

while the total automotive exports 

realized as $7,085 billion, the 

automobile exports rose 89% to 

worth $3 billion. Based on euro, 

the automobile exports became 2,8 

billion. In this period, 84 percent 

of 355 thousand vehicles were 

exported, of these 255 thousand 

units consisted of automobiles. 

The tractor exports decreased 14% 

to 3,283 units in this period. The 

automotive exports kept its atop 

place with 19 percent in the overall 

Turkey’s exports, according to the 

Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). 



New Stars Of Hyundai At 

Market 

Onder Goker, Director General of Hyundai Assan; “We support our 20th 

anniversary production with proud and enthusiasm through our special 

version automobiles” 

The successful players, i10 

and i20 models of Hyundai 

in A and B segment have reached 

a new version special for 20th 

anniversary of the production 

in Turkey. Having named Star 

Hyundai’ two models are wanted 

to offer a maximum comfort to the 

Turkish consumers as well. 

Opened its first plant in Turkey 

out of Korea in 1997, Hyundai 

has been contributing both to 

the Turkish economy and Turkish 

automotive industry seamlessly 

since 20 years onwards. Playing a 

crucial role in the domestic market 

as well as in the export business, 

Hyundai has gained export income 

more than $2 billion in 2016. 

Having produced in Izmit through 

lobar force and effort of the Turkish 

workers, the i10 and i20 models 

take place in the most admired 

automobiles of Turkey. 

Since 2008 when offered for sales 

to date, having realized its sales in 

the number of over 13 thousand 

of i10 models, Hyundai has kept its 

leadership in A segment. As for the 

successful player of B segment, i20 

has met with the Turkish consumers 

in 2009. Realized the sales of more 

than 117 thousand units, Hyundai 

has prepared a very special 

equipment level for both models 

for the honor of 20th anniversary 

in Turkey. Named its model as Star, 

Hyundai, while emerging forefront 

with high level equipment, also 

attracts attention with 1.0 T-GDI 

engine to i20 five-door version. 

Hyundai allows its customers meet 

with new features such as full 

automatic digital air-conditioner, 

access without key and start button 

and chrome door handles first 

time in i10 model besides super 

equipment features. The sales price 

of Hyundai i10 is TL61, 900. 

As for Hyundai i20 Star is going to 

show off with special and innovative 

equipment such as 6-speedtransmission 

in its hatchback 

body type with five-door with 

lane departure warning system 

(LDWS), bluetooth connection, 15” 

dark gray alloyed rims, black/gray 

special designed seat upholstery 

and glovebox, black roof cover, 

panoramic sunroof, bluetooth 

radio mp3 player, cruse and led 

rear spots. 

1.0 liter T-GDI engine in Hyundai 

i20 generates 120 Hp with 6 

speeds. Regarding turbo feeding 

effect, rigorous in low revs and 

maximum power in high revs. 

This new generation engine is 

quite stingy in fuel consumption 

thanks to start & stop feature. As for 

the automatic option, it is offered 

with 1.4-liter atmospheric version. 

Hyundai i20 1.0 T-GDI is offered for 

sales with TL67, 900. 

Onder Goker, Director General 

of Hyundai Assan, said; “While 

we support our 20th anniversary 

production with proud and 

enthusiasm through our special 

version automobiles with full of 

innovations and various activities 

during the year, at the same time 

we also aim to strengthen our 

competitiveness and brand image 

more. Our believe is full to win the 

admiration of our customers as 

well as shed light to the success of 

i10 and i20 through competitive 

equipment and price combination.” 





Tofas Also Exports Exec 

Featuring the leader of production and exports in 2016, Tofas is also 

exporting “Factory Director” to the USA 

Completing the year 2016 as 

the leader of the sector in 

production and exports; featuring 

one of foremost plants of Fiat 

Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in terms 

of World Class Manufacturing, 

Tofas is going to export “Factory 

Director” to the USA. Akin Aydemir 

- who managed the duty of 

Industrial Operations Directorship 

of the modern production center 

which has reached the number of 

450 thousand units of production 

capacity since 2010 onwards - has 

transferred to Sterling Heights Plant 

of FCA in Michigan as the factory 

director. Aydemir will be the head 

of the plant as Factory Director 

as of May 2017 that Fiat Chrysler 

Automobiles would invest $1,5 

billion to produce Ram branded 

pick up vehicles. Zeki Erdal Simsek 

who was Quality Director has been 

assigned as Tofas Factory Director 

instead of Akin Aydemir. 

In 2016, achieving success as 

the most exporting company to 

the USA, now Tofas is exporting 

a top level exec to the USA. Last 

year, accomplishing its exports 

accounting for 4.2 percent 

worth $275 million in the total 

Turkish exports to the USA with its 

Fiat Doblo’s Ram brand version 

ProMaster City model, Akin 

Aydemir - who was Tofas Industrial 

Operations Director since 2010 at 

the plant which qualified as golden 

plant in Bursa - has transferred to 

the USA. 

Not only vehicle, Tofas also 

exports exec to the world 

Highlighting Tofas not only 

exporting automobiles and 

light commercial vehicles to the 

various countries of the world, 

CEO Cengiz Eroldu said, “Today 

we manage the production of 7 

various brands concurrently and 

export to 80 countries. Last year, 

we have reached leader position 

of the sector with our export units. 

Beyond this we continue to export 

Turkish execs to different countries 

in different positions under the 

roof of Fiat Chrysler. Since 2010 

to date having great contribution 

to our plant success, regarding 

having transferred of Akin Aydemir 

to Sterling Heights Plant as Factory 

Director we, as entire Tofas Family, 

are proud. This is not only success 

of Tofas, but also all of Turkey.” 

Stating accomplishing production 

in the number of 1566 per day 

and 40 thousand units per month, 

and Tofas had made unreached 

successes in the Turkish automotive 

industry to date, Eroldu recorded, 

“We accomplished the year 

2016 with the number of 383 

thousand vehicle productions. 

This number has become again 

a record in the automotive 

industry. This production of Tofas 

constituted one-fourth of the 

Turkish automotive sector. Among 

the plants which take place in 

the structure of FCA, Tofas plant 

became the most producing plant. 

This has also increased the place 

and value of Tofas in an absolute 

way. Now exporting our factory 

director to the USA, we clinch 

the position of Tofas in the world 

automotive sector representing our 

country.” 



Lassa Enriches Value Of 

Agriculture 

Lassa maintains its support to the agriculture sector and farmers in the 

scope of its project emerging awareness about safety and sustainable 

good agriculture 

Lassa is enriching its valueadded 

for the agriculture 

sector with the project called, “Our 

love is soil, and our tomorrows are 

collective”. Lassa sustains to support 

the agriculture sector and farmers 

which have key importance for the 

future of Turkey. In the scope of the 

project, the Lassa teams will offer 

advocacy to farmers in safety driving 

and sustainable good agriculture in 

23 provinces between 20 March – 

23 May 2017. 

Brisa continues to serve to farmers 

for 42 years across the Anatolian 

territories with Lassa brand. Lassa 

supports the farmers about safety 

driving and good agriculture 

with the project “If agriculture is 

sound, future is sound” since 2013 

onwards. In the scope of the project 

which has been relaunched, 

Lassa will advocate the farmers in 

135 villages across 23 provinces 

between 20 March – 23 May. 

Setting out with the vision 

“application of sustainability in 

every area of life”, in the scope 

of the project, the purpose is 

to generate economic, societal 

and environmental value in the 

agriculture sector, so the number 

of more than 500 villages was 

visited to date. Having reached 

over 12,000 farmers and totally 

569 hours training was performed. 

At the same time, over 15,000 

reflectors were fixed on the tractors’ 

wagons in order to increase visibility 

of tractors on roads. 

Stating they had addressed as 

an institutional responsibility 

investing in the agriculture sector 

which is one of the critic sectors 

to boost competition power, 

Korhan Korel, Deputy Director 

General of Consumer Marketing 

and Sales of Brisa, said; “We give 

a great importance to set close 

cooperation with everybody who 

works, takes role and responsibility 

in agriculture sector. There is a 

friendship and heart tie with our 

farmers come from past. Among 

the agricultural equipment, tire 

is the only part touches soil. 

We have been improving our 

products continuously for 42 years 

in a way damaging crops in the 

minimum level. We also touch; 

and protect soil as our farmers to 

make soil productive. The teams 

of Lassa will offer advocacy to the 

farmers in agro-devices, tires, safety 

driving, productivity, sustainable 

agriculture. We will continue to 

improve agriculture standing by 

our farmers who exert efforts 

without considering summer or 

winter.” 

Launching its action from Balikesir 

on 20th March, the teams of Lassa 

will visit the agro-areas in the cities 

of Manisa, İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, 

Denizli, Afyon, Konya, Karaman, 

Niğde, Aksaray, Mersin, Adana, 

Osmaniye, Kahramanmaraş, 

Yozgat, Çorum, Ankara, Eskişehir, 

Bursa, Edirne and Kırklareli. 

Lassa offers the most suitable 

products for the needs of farmers 

Since last three years touring 

Turkey’s agricultural areas step 

by step, the teams of Lassa 

highlighted that farmers should be 

supported through the methods of 

productivity and sustainability. 



Arçelik Offers Sought-After 

Solution For Automotive 

“We enlarge our area of effect with every passing day with our institutional 

solutions, also responding to needs of sales, marketing and communication 

of the automotive firms,” Can Dincer, Director General of Arçelik 

Offering 

super 

technological products 

to millions of consumers across 

the world, Arçelik Inc. emerges 

forefront offering institutional 

solutions to various sectors as well. 

Arçelik displayed its visualization 

solutions at Autoshow Fair. Can 

Dincer, Director General of Arçelik 

Turkey, said; “We improve our 

effecting area with our institutional 

solutions special for the sectors. This 

time we respond to the needs of 

automotive firms’ sales, marketing 

and communication issues. We 

aim to provide integrated solution 

for the troubles of the sector in 

this area at Autoshow fair. We can 

serve overall Turkey.” 

Responding to the needs of 

millions of consumers for 62 years 

with innovative product and 

technologies, Arçelik also serves to 

the sectors through its institutional 

solutions. 

“Arçelik responds to the needs 

of automotive sector” 

Highlighting Arçelik had possessed 

solutions for every sector with its 

institutional solutions, Arçelik Turkey 

Director General Can Dincer, said; 

“As the company that has added lots 

of innovations to life of consumers 

for 62 years and also let them enjoy 

brand new experiences, Arçelik 

maintained its investments in new 

business areas and new products. 

We introduce the products directed 

towards sales, marketing and 

communication of the automotive 

firms. Ranging from the smallest 

dealer to institutional companies, 

we provide solution in the same 

quality as integral, in place and in 

the issues of remote service.” 

“Dealers will offer digitalized 

automobiles via digitalization 

sales, marketing and 

communication screens” 

Improving its business areas with 

every passing day and letting the 

most innovative, most technological 

products meet consumers through 

its R & D and innovation capability, 

Can Dundar said; “Taking place at 

the technological and innovation 

hall at the fair, we exemplify the 

experience of a customer who 

come to a dealer of automobile 

via digital broadcasting and 

information screen. We contribute 

customers in a crucial way to let 

them feel better themselves in order 

to speed up purchasing decision 

of an automobile in their dream 

thanks to these solutions. We know 

that today automobiles are going 

to digitalize quickly. The dealers also 

want to offer these change in these 

vehicles via digital platforms. We 

serve with our widespread service 

network including remote access 

and content method, technical 

service in place.” 

Consumer will make up his or 

her own car via touch screen 

Stating there was an innovation 

need in terms of sales, marketing 

and communication while 

digitalization has entered in every 

area of life, Dincer said; “Our 

company continues investment in 

the new products related to usages 

of new developing movable and 

interactive screen both in the world 

and home. It produces different 

products and solutions for different 

business models. Thanks to these 

products, companies can be able to 

communicate with their consumers 

faster and synchronal; can reduce 

their print and operational costs. 

They can attract interest of 

consumers by using live content 

and video consisting of millions of 

colors. In the automotive sector for 

example consumer can make up 

its own car via touch screen. We 

aim all sectors to promote their 

products better benefitting our 

technology, set up emotional tie 

with consumer and thanks to this 

increase their sales.” 



Automechanika Dubai, Source 

Of New Business Contacts 

Amid upward trend of Mid-East vehicle sales and spare parts demand, 

Automechanika Dubai 2017 is opening its doors for 3 days from Sunday, 

07th May to Tuesday, 09th May 2017 in Dubai 

Dubai, UAE: Automechanika 

Dubai 2017, the Middle 

East and Africa’s largest automotive 

aftermarket exhibition is opening 

its doors for 3 days at the Dubai 

International Convention and 

Exhibition Centre. 

Automechanika Dubai is the 

largest international automotive 

aftermarket trade fair in the wider 

Middle East - the 15th edition will 

be taking place between 7 – 9 May, 

2017 at the Dubai International 

Convention and Exhibition Centre. 

Automechanika Dubai is the only 

show in the wider Middle East 

covers the full range of products 

and services available in the 

automotive aftermarket industry. At 

the 2017 edition, the top exhibitors 

will be launching new products at 

the show. 

The leading international trade fair 

for the automotive service industry 

targets trade visitors from the wider 

Middle East. 

Last year's show saw the 

participation of 2,017 exhibitors 

from 58 countries. 

Interacting with 30,018 trade 

visitors from 138 countries looking 

to source the latest products 

and services from leading local 

and international automotive 

aftermarket companies. 

The number of key buyers and 

decision makers attending the 

exhibition continues to rise 

each year, making the show an 

important source of new business 

contacts, according to the source. 

The Automechanika in Dubai is the 

largest and most represented car 

exhibition in the Middle East. 

It shows all elements of the 

automotive industry including 

spare parts, repair, accessories, 

recycling, disposal and service. On 

the automechanika visitors from 

crafts, workshop, retail, automotive, 

owner or operator meet relevant 

suppliers of garage equipment and 

of the automotive supplier industry. 

Exhibitors are provided access to 

the local market and are offered 

opportunities to network with key 

regional and international actors. 

The fair offers a comprehensive 

program where among others 

manufacturers are available for 

professional issues related to the 

automotive service. 

After a successful edition in 2016 

with a high number of exhibitors 

and visitors, Automechanika Dubai 

has truly established itself as an 

international trade fair of global 

acclaim. 

Ahmed Pauwels, CEO of 

Messe Frankfurt Middle East, 

Automechanika Dubai's organiser, 

said: “Automechanika Dubai is 

already among one of the world's 

top five international trade fairs for 

the automotive aftermarket, and 

what makes it unique is that it 

connects suppliers from all over the 

world with a diverse mix of visitors 

that would otherwise be virtually 

impossible to reach.” 

“But it's not just a platform to 

showcase products and meet new 

customers. It's an important stage 

to open dialogue with existing 

contacts, find solutions to any issues 

they're facing, and plan business 

strategies year-on-year. It's also an 

ideal opportunity for automotive 

aftermarket stakeholders to bring 

technical awareness to the market, 

and this is something we'll look to 

build on in the coming years,” he 

added. 

Automechanika Dubai Show 

profile: 

Automechanika Dubai is the largest 

trade exhibition for the rapidly 

developing automotive aftermarket 

in the wider Middle East and Africa 

region. It also covers equipment 

for vehicle service and repair, 

bodywork repair and painting, 

tyres, batteries and performance 

systems. 

Automechanika Dubai is the 

perfect platform to meet new 

contacts, discuss new trends and 

technological developments, and 

to keep up to date with industry 

knowledge and source new 

products and solutions from the 

world over. 

Product groups: automotive 

electronics, body repair, chassis, 

corrosion protection, lubricants, 

repair equipment, tank systems, tire 

assembly, tyres, vehicle accessories, 

vehicle body, vehicle electrical, 

vehicle parts, wheels, work clothes, 

… 

Industry sectors: Auto, Auto 

Industry, Automotive Engineering, 

Cars… 

In this edition this exhibition will 

offer a chance to meet over 2000 

exhibitors from the automotive 

sport, workshop equipment, tyres 

& batteries, parts & components, 

electronics & systems, repair & 

maintenance and accessories 

& customizing, car wash, care 

& reconditioning industries 

worldwide highly recommended 

for industry professionals. 



Automotive Market Shrinks 

11% In March 

Almost half of the sales of automobiles and light commercial vehicles 

happened in March in the first quarter this year 

The Turkish automotive 

domestic market shrank 11 

percent in March 2017 compared 

with the same month previous 

year. 

Although traditionally getting 

acceleration in March, the sales of 

automobile and light commercial 

vehicle constricted 11 percent to 

the number of 73 thousand 802 

units in March this year, as for 

the reduction in the first quarter 

became 7.4 percent. 

The automotive sales in the first 

quarter became 156,090 units, 

according to the announcement 

from Turkish Automotive 

Distributors Association (ODD) in 

the first three months this year. 

When looked at breaking down of 

automobile and light commercial 

vehicle, the sales in the automotive 

market fell by 55,616 units reducing 

13.1 percent in March 2017. The 

reduction in light commercial 

vehicles was in the rate of 4.2 

percent to 18,186 units in March. 

In the first quarter this year, the 

sales in the automobile market 

decreased 9.4 percent to 115,963 

units, as for the sales of light 

commercial vehicles decreased 

1.1 percent to 40,127 units in the 

domestic market. Almost half of the 

sales in the first quarter happened 

in March 2017. At the beginning 

of this year, Mustafa Bayraktar, 

Chairman of ODD, stated the sales 

of automobile and light commercial 

vehicles would be 875 thousand 

units constricting 11 percent in 

2017 over the last year. 



Black Sea And Mediterranean 

Sea Reach Each Other 

Along with 18 transport projects, north and south sides of Turkey will be 

connected to each other, Ahmet Arslan, Turkish Minister of Transport, 

Maritime and Communication 

The north and south sides of 

Turkey will be connected to 

each other through the number of 

18 transport corridors, according 

to the announcement of Ahmet 

Arslan, Turkish Minister of Transport, 

Maritime and Communication. 

The Minister Arslan reminded they 

had crucial works in recent years. 

Stating the north and south parts of 

the country would be connected via 

18 transport corridor to each other, 

Arslan continued; “The number of 

18 corridors has been set in order 

to connect Turkey’s north to south, 

via the Black Sea region to the 

Mediterranean Sea region and via 

Eastern Anatolia to Southeastern 

Anatolia. 3 of these 18 corridors 

are being built to connect the Black 

Sea region via eastern Anatolia to 

the Mediterranean and southern 

region. One of them is Ovit Tunnel 

features a very important tunnel. 

With its continuity the tunnel 

which has spanning in the length 

of 14,2 kilometers will connect to 

the provinces of Erzincan, Erzurum 

via Kop Tunnel, via Gumushane to 

Trabzon.” 

Ovit Tunnel will be in the force 

in 2018 

The Minister Arslan informed about 

the works of Ovit Tunnel of which 

construction is continuing in full 

swing into the Ovit Mountain in 

2,640 meters altitude in the district 

of Ikizdere, Rize province. 

Taking place among the longest 

tunnels of the world and heralding 

it would enter into force in 2018, 

Arslan said, “Ovit tunnel will be in 

service in 2018. So, we will have 

built a remarkable corridor which 

will connect the province of Rize to 

Erzurum via Ispir, from there to the 

south of our country. The Zigana 

Tunnel will connect Trabzon via 

Gumushane to Erzincan and 

Bayburt from there to Erzurum. 

In the continuity of the route, the 

Kop tunnel is a very crucial tunnel, 

so we will be completing a second 

tunnel, second route. I hope we 

will not suffice with these, we will 

also build lots of tunnel in other 

regions of our country in order to 

complete above mentioned road 

project.” 

Transport between the Black 

sea and Mediterranean will be 

seamless 

Arslan also reminded Tendurek 

passage between the cities of 

Dogubayazit and Van on the 

Tendurek Mountains was not 

proper for transition in winter 

months, he concluded, “We have 

planned a tunnel for the Tendurek 

mountains in order to exceed the 

Tendurek Mountains easily. I hope 

we will have connected the Black 

Sea to the Mediterranean Sea 

through the most eastern side 

of our country via constructing 

tunnel, viaduct and bridge.” 



Commercial Vehicle Registrations 

Up 7.5% In Q1 In EU 

In March 2017, EU commercial vehicle registrations increased significantly 

in the rate of 10.0% totalling 266,902 units, as for first quarter increase 7.5% 

In March 2017, EU commercial 

vehicle registrations increased 

significantly (+10.0%), totalling 

266,902 units. This strong result 

is mainly due to Easter falling in 

March last year and in April this 

year. Demand was sustained by all 

segments and across most of the 

major EU markets. Spain (+24.3%), 

Germany (+17.3%), Italy (+17.0%) 

and France (+13.7%) all posted 

double-digit percentage gains, 

although registrations declined 

slightly in the United Kingdom 

(-1.3%). 

During the first quarter of the year, 

the European market expanded 

by 7.5%, counting 606,230 new 

commercial vehicles. Over the 

same period, both Spain (+20.4%) 

and Italy (+13.4%) posted highest 

increases, followed by France 

(+9.4%) and Germany (+7.5%), 

while the UK market remained 

stable (-0.2%). 

New light commercial vehicles 

(LCV) up to 3.5 tonnes 

In March 2017, new registrations 

of light commercial vehicles totalled 

225,833 units, or 10.5% more than 

in the same month last year. Spain 

(+25.4%), Germany (+18.4%), 

France (+15.2%) and Italy (+12.9%) 

all posted significant growth. At the 

same time, the United Kingdom 

(-0.9%) performed slightly below 

March 2016 levels. 

From January to March 2017, 

504,849 new vans were registered 

in the EU, up 8.1% compared 

to the first quarter of 2016. The 

United Kingdom (-0.9%) was the 

only major market posting a slight 

decline, while Spain (+23.6%), 

France (+10.2%), Italy (+9.4%) and 

Germany (+8.9%) all saw demand 

for vans increase. 

New heavy commercial vehicles 

(HCV) over 16 tonnes 

March 2017 results show a positive 

uplift in the heavy truck segment 

(+6.1%), with 29,971 new vehicles 

registered. Most of the EU’s major 

markets contributed to this growth, 

Italy did very well (+60.1%) while 

the UK (-11.7%) market faced a 

downturn. 

Three months into the year, the 

EU market grew by 4.8%, reaching 

75,331 units. Italy (+43.9%), France 

(+5.7%), Germany (+4.9%), Spain 

(+2.0) and the UK (+0.6%) all saw 

their demand for heavy trucks 

increase. 

New medium and heavy 

commercial vehicles (MHCV) 

over 3.5 tonnes 

In March 2017, truck registrations 

were largely similar to those in the 

heavy truck segment, with Italy 

again posting the highest growth 

figures (+52.9%) followed by Spain 

(+16.9%) and Germany (+14.1%) 

– only the United Kingdom posted 

a decline (-6.4%). Overall, 36,870 

new trucks were registered in the 

EU, up 7.1% compared to March 

2016. 

From January to March 2017, 

91,665 new trucks were registered 

in the European Union, 4.7% more 

than last year. Similarly to the HCV 

segment, the five big markets 

posted growth, jointly sustaining 

positive momentum across the 

whole region. 

New medium and heavy buses & 

coaches (MHBC) over 3.5 tonnes 

March 2017 results of the bus and 

coach segment were rather diverse. 

Demand fell in France (‐8.6%), 

while Italy (+57.8%) and Germany 

(+21.6%) posted remarkable 

growth. Overall, 4,199 new buses 

and coaches were registered across 

the region, up 9.1%. 

In the first quarter of 2017, 

the EU bus and coach market 

grew by 5.9%, counting 9,716 

vehicles registered. Demand only 

decreased in Spain (-1.8%) and 

France (-17.9%), while new bus 

and coach registrations increased in 

Italy (+58.0%), Germany (+12.9%) 

and the UK (+8.5%). 



First Hybrid Vehicle Produced 

In Turkey On World-Roads 

Launching production in the last quarter of 2016 as the first crossover and 

hybrid vehicle at Toyota Turkey plant in the province of Sakarya, Toyota 

C-HR is exported to 47 countries 

Toyota C-HR, the first 

crossover and hybrid vehicle 

is manufactured at Toyota Turkey 

plant in the province of Sakarya, is 

exported to 47 countries in Europe, 

North America, North and South 

Africa, Mideast, Central Asia and 

Caucasus. 

Launching production in the last 

quarter of 2016, Toyota C-HR 

model is continuing to meet with 

its buyers in various continent and 

tens of countries. 

The roll metal steel sheets are 

transformed to the modern 

automobiles following the 

processes of assembling the 

necessary parts, press, welding, 

painting and mounting stages. 

The high in quality parts which 

are shaped in the press facility are 

united at the welding facility to 

each other. Having produced with 

the slogan of “zero fault” on the 

manual and automatic production 

lines, then the bodies go to the 

plant for coloring, noise insulation 

and process against corrosion to 

make durable. Totally 22 various 

colored vehicles are produced, of 

these 10 metallic, 2 solid and 10 

double colors. 

As painted bodies go to assembling 

plant, the necessary components 

also reach that station. Following 

the necessary parts’ mounting 

at the related department, the 

vehicles come to ready condition 

after the necessary checks. 

Corolla, Verso and Toyota C-HR 

models are produced at the Toyota 

Turkey plant in Sakarya. 

First hybrid vehicle in Turkey 

Staring production in the last 

quarter of 2016, Toyota C-HR 

model features the first crossover 

and hybrid vehicle produced in 

Turkey. 

Investing worth 350 million 

euro additionally in the aspect 

of modernization and capacity 

increase, Toyota Turkey has 

become the first overseas plant 

with C-HR model being produced 

complying with at Toyota New 

Global Architecture (TNGA). 

28 percent of 155 thousand 

automobiles produced at the 

plant in 2016 were Toyota C-HR. 

In addition to the number of 280 

thousand vehicles production also 

the share of C-HR production was 

planned to boost, 63 percent of 

the automobiles planned to be 

Toyota C-HR this year. 

Launching exports first time to the 

countries such as USA, Canada, 

Taiwan; meanwhile the number of 

countries in the exports of Toyota 

Automotive Industry Turkey raised 

from 52 to 97 units. In this country 

group, there are 47 countries 

where only C-HR model is exported. 

65% of C-HR exported to Europe, 

32% to North America, 3% to the 

Middle East, North Africa and other 

countries respectively. Together 

with C-HR model production the 

employee number raised from 

3000 to 5000 units. 

Every Toyota model is aimed to 

be hybrid in 2020 

The number of Toyota hybrid 

automobiles exceeded 10 million 

since 1997 onwards. In addition 

to gasoline-powered engine also 

electric-powered is used in the 

hybrid vehicles; the gasolinepowered 

engines are efficient in 

long ranges and high speed, and 

electric engines for the short ranges 

and low speed. By the hybrid 

vehicles fuel saving is obtained 

up to 50 percent. Toyota aims to 

produce hybrid version of its every 

model by 2020. 



IEA joins meeting of G7 

Energy Ministers in Rome 

The International Energy Agency took part in the meeting of G7 energy 

ministers held under the Italian Presidency in Rome on 9-10 April to review 

developments in global energy markets over the past year and what can be 

done collectively to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy 

Dr. Fatih Birol 

The IEA’s Executive Director, 

Dr Fatih Birol, joined energy 

ministers from the G7 nations – 

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, 

Japan, the United Kingdom, the 

United States of America, as well 

as the Energy Commissioner of 

the European Union – to review 

developments in global energy 

markets over the past year and 

what can be done collectively to 

ensure reliable, affordable and 

clean energy. 

The topics discussed included 

energy security, with a focus on 

the role of LNG in improving 

market flexibility, as well as energy 

efficiency and technology as drivers 

for competiveness. The ministers 

acknowledged that G7 countries 

should play a leading role in 

facilitating investments in secure 

and sustainable energy including 

strengthening efforts in energy 

research and development. 

Dr Birol delivered a keynote 

address at the opening dinner of 

the meeting, covering a range of 

topics including energy security 

and trends in oil and gas markets, 

renewable grid integration, and 

energy efficiency. He stressed that 

while a wave of new LNG supply, 

led by Australia and the US, will 

improve the ability of the system to 

react to potential demand or supply 

shocks, security of gas supply 

cannot be taken for granted. He 

also noted that better grids, more 

flexible power plants and storage 

and demand side response will 

all be needed to integrate larger 

shares of wind and solar into 

power grids in a secure and costeffective 

way. 

Dr Birol also highlighted the links 

between the energy sector and 

emerging digital technologies and 

services, which are presenting 

important opportunities and 

challenges for policy makers. He 

shared the IEA’s recent findings 

that global energy-related carbon 

emissions were flat for a third 

straight year in 2016 even as the 

global economy grew. 

G7 Ministers recognized the key 

role of clean energy technologies, 

emphasizing the importance of 

market-based supports, as well 

as the importance of research 

and development of innovative 

technologies. They acknowledged 

the IEA’s role in providing solid, 

authoritative, and solutionorientated 

analysis for global 

leaders and support informed 

policy-decisions making. 

The Chairs’ Summary welcomed 

the move of the Clean Energy 

Ministerial (CEM) Secretariat to 

the IEA’s headquarters in Paris as 

well as the progress report on the 

Second Phase of IEA’s Technology 

Roadmaps, focused on viable and 

high impact technologies. They 

also welcomed the progress of the 

IEA’s work on international energy 

efficiency collaboration and asked 

the IEA to continue to take forward 

this work, including on marketbased 

instruments. 

In addition, other staff members of 

the IEA participated in an energy 

access side-event on Africa where 

Laura Cozzi, head of the IEA’s 

Energy Demand Outlook Division, 

gave a keynote presentation. The 

event was chaired by Paolo Frankl, 

head of the IEA’s Renewable 

Energy Division. 

G7 heads of delegation, from left: Mr 

Miguel Arias Cañete, EU; Mr Rainer 

Baake, Germany; Mr Rick Perry, 

USA; Mr Jim Carr, Canada; Mr Carlo 

Calenda, Italy; Ms Segolene Royal, 

France; Mr Nick Hurd, UK; Mr Yosuke 

Tagaki, Japan; Dr Fatih Birol, IEA 

(Photograph: IEA) 



Total Registered Vehicles 

Exceeds 21 Million In Turkey 

As of the end of February 2017, the total number of road motor vehicles 

registered reached 21,268,879 units, according to the statement posted by 

Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) 

The total number of road 

motor vehicles registered 

to the traffic reached 21 million 

268 thousand 879 by the end of 

February. Within the total, cars 

represented 53.8%, followed by 

small trucks 16.4%, motorcycles 

14.1%, tractors 8.4%, trucks 3.9%, 

minibuses 2.2%, buses 1% and 

special purpose vehicles 0.2%. 

In February, 65 008 road motor 

vehicle registrations were 

recorded 

Within 65 thousand 8 vehicle 

registrations in February, cars 

accounted for 58.7%, followed by 

small trucks 17.7%, motorcycles 

9.9% and tractors 8%. Minibuses, 

buses, trucks and special purpose 

vehicles constituted 5.7% of new 

registrations. 

The number of vehicle 

registrations decreased by 

49.5% over previous month 

In February, the number of 

road motor vehicle registrations 

decreased by 49.5% compared 

with the previous month. Cars, 

minibuses, buses, small trucks, 

trucks and special purpose 

vehicles decreased by 54.9%, 47%, 

22.5%, 60.1% , 28.7% and 28.5% 

respectively. Motorcycles and 

tractors increased by 17.9% and 

22.7%. 

The number of vehicles 

decreased 4.6% over the same 

month previous year 

In February, the number of 

road motor vehicle registrations 

decreased by 4.6% compared with 

the same month of the previous 

year. Cars, minibuses, trucks, 

motorcycles and special purpose 

vehicles decreased by 2.6%, 

31.7%, 37.5%, 13.8%, and 28% 

respectively. Buses, small trucks and 

tractors increased by 1.3%, 1.4% 

and 5.4%. 

In February, the total number of 

vehicles in traffic increased by 

178,455 

While 15 thousand 201 road motor 

vehicles were withdrawn, 193 

thousand 656 road motor vehicles 

were added in January-February 

period. Hence, the total number 

of road motor vehicles registered 

increased by 178 thousand 455. 

537,239 road motor vehicles 

handed over in February 

Among 537 thousand 239 vehicles 

handed over, cars accounted for 

69.8% followed by small trucks 

17%, motorcycles 3.8% and tractors 

3.6%. Minibuses, buses, trucks and 

special purpose vehicles constituted 

5.8% of the handed over motor 

vehicles in February. 

The ratio of cars registered using 

LPG was 39.1% 

At the end of February, among 

11 million 438 thousand 415 

registered cars, the share of LPGfuelled 

cars was 39.1% followed by 

diesel-fuelled cars with 33.9% and 

gasoline-fuelled cars with 26.6%. 

The ratio of the cars with unknown 

fuel type was 0.4%. 

In February, 38 180 cars were 

registered to the traffic 

In terms of the distribution of 

trademarks for the 38 thousand 

180 new registered cars in 

February, Renault recorded 22.1%, 

Volkswagen 11.9%, Hyundai 7.3%, 

Dacia 6.7%, Fiat 6.7%, Toyota 5.1%, 

Honda 4.7%, Nissan 4.6%, Ford 

4.2%, Opel 4.2% and the other 

trademarks 22.4% of the total. 

Most frequent engine size was 

1501-1600 for registered cars 

Within 122 thousand 806 cars 

registered to traffic in January- 

February period, 40.1% of them 

had engine size 1501-1600, 29.2% 

had 1401-1500, 13.5% had 1300 

or less, 13.2% had 1301-1400, 

3.1% had 1601-2000, 1% had 

2001 and above engine size. 

Most frequent colour was white 

for registered cars 

Within 122 thousand 806 cars 

registered to traffic in January- 

February period, 60.6% of them 

were white, 15.6% were grey, 

7.5% were black, 5.4% were red 

and 10.9% were in other colours. 


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Peugeot Wishes To Boost Its 

Market Rate 

Peugeot try to boost its market share from 4 percent to 7 percent in Turkey, 

with its rich vehicle gamut in long term 

Jean Christophe Quemard, 

PSA Peugeot Citroen 

Operational Director of Middle East 

& Africa, said they had boosted 

spare parts purchasing amount 

from Turkey in a remarkable size. 

“In Turkey, there is a genuine 

supplier texture, we benefit from 

this. We a have upgrading and 

growth plan directed towards 

the spare parts to purchase from 

Turkey,” he added. 

Regarding his gathering with press 

members at Istanbul Autoshow, 

Quemard said Peugeot brand 

grew in the same rate as the total 

market in Europe in the first quarter 

this year, in March their sales and 

market share increased more with 

the contribution of Peugeot 3008 

model. 

Over a question, stating the regions 

with which he was responsible had 

chaos inclination, actually Europe 

had the same situation, and he 

said, “There is Brexit that makes 

everything overturn. In fact, the 

world is also chaotic now. So, we 

perceive the chaotic elements as 

the naturel part of situation and we 

try to get harmonization.” 

Recording they had made some 

initiatives in recent years despite the 

current condition, he continued; 

“For example we have signed 

two important agreements in Iran 

for Peugeot and Citroen brands. 

With these agreements we will 

be able to offer vehicles in the 

noteworthy size to this market. 

In Algeria, we have put forward 

an industrials investment project 

to be able to overcome with the 

closed market. So, we will be able 

to be harmonious with difficult 

conditions.” 

“New Peugeot products will 

come” 

Stressing Turkey was also very vital 

for them, Quemard said, “Turkish 

market ranked 10th in our sales 

across the world in terms of first 

quarter. Turkish automotive market 

is in the 1 million unit edge. It will 

exceed this limit.” 

Stating the spare parts amount 

which they supply from Turkey 

had increased in the noteworthy 

amount in the last two years, 

Quemard said, “We did this due to 

two reasons. First, in Turkey there 

is a genuine supplier texture, we 

benefit from this. Second, we do 

this in order to see less loss from 

ups and downs in the foreign 

currencies. In this meaning there is 

a growth and development plan.” 

Reminding Peugeot has a market 

share in the rate of 4% in Turkey, 

Quemard concluded, “This rate 

should reach at least 7% in long 

term. Our product gamut is rich 

and awarded and is the best 

vehicles of its own segments. In the 

commercial vehicle there is a rich 

range. In terms of product, there 

are our very powerful trumps. We 

must transform our powerful trump 

in the market. You will see, new 

Peugeot products will come.” 



Automotive Sector Has 

Importance For Public Sector 

The automotive industry features an outstanding sector in terms of the 

public sector, Naci Agbal, Turkish Minister of Finance 

The 7th edition of the Turkish 

Automotive Authorized 

Association (OYDER) was held in Istanbul. 

In his keynote speech in opening 

of congress Minister Agbal said the 

automotive sector has become a sector 

which is gaining importance with every 

passing day. In the sector an increasingly 

graphic happening in recent years, he 

noted, adding this condition has brought 

utmost positive expectation together for 

the future. 

Highlighting added-value of the Turkish 

automotive industry, market and exports 

to the Turkish economy in terms of 

every aspect, Agbal said, “The share of 

the automotive sector’s manufacturing 

industry in the Gross National Product 

is 10%. As for the share in the GDP is 

3%. The automotive sector contributes 

directly 4% to the employment in the 

industrial sector, as for indirectly 15%.” 

Indicating the automotive sector was 

noteworthy resources for public finance 

and in terms of income for budget, Agbal 

continued; “The automotive sector is an 

easy section in terms of tax collection. It 

is registered in the rate of 100%. In 2016, 

we collected TL18,9 billion as only special 

consumption tax. Roughly there is social 

security prime or income tax stoppage 

nearly TL 10-15 billion. So, the sector is 

abundance. The sector supports the 

budget and economy.” 

Marking the automotive sector had been 

showing a performance increasingly 

year on year; Agbal said as of the end of 

2016, 16.8% of the total exports came 

from the automotive industry. 

Reminding the Turkish automotive market 

had grown 13.4 percent between 2002- 

2016, Minister Agbal recorded, “In this 

period, the growth rate of the Turkey’s 

economy is 5.7%. In other words, the 

automotive market has grown over 

twofold of the Turkish economy. It 

shows this that the income flexibility of 

the automotive market is quite high. In 

that respect the positive developments 

in the Turkish economy directly affect 

the automotive market in a positive way. 

Along with increased income in the 

upcoming years, outstanding growth 

would happen in the ownership of 

automobile. This will keep the sector in 

the positive level.” 

Reminding the positive advancements 

that have happened in the exports 

made them delighted, Agbal continued; 

“Especially, in 2016 and in the first quarter 

of 2017 there are extraordinary boosts in 

the sector exports. These increases are 

the developments that make us enjoy 

extremely in terms of contribution to the 

economic growth in 2017.” 

Minister Agbal stated currently over 21 

million unit automotive existed in Turkey, 

average age of these vehicles is 13-year 

old. Over 15-year old vehicles accounted 

for over 5 million units. 

Marking the situation of the sector 

involved some economic and political 

preferences, Agbal said, “Paralleling the 

Turkish economy development, the 

automotive sector will record noteworthy 

developments in the upcoming years. 

Each 1% increase in the GDP pushes the 

automotive market to grow more than 1 

percent.” 

In the meeting, Z. Alp Gulan, Chairman of 

Automotive Authorized Sellers Association 

(OYDER), said the automotive sector 

would deal with 7 different ministries, so 

being embodied via whether a ministry 

or an Undersecretariat would let the 

sector business to accelerate. 

Stating the sector accomplished the 

year 2016 successfully in the aspect of 

production, exports and market, Gulan 

said, “I think that there is much distance 

in the market to go. The number of 

vehicles per 1000 people is 250, of these 

143 are automobiles. The automotive 

sector featuring the export championship 

needs a very strong domestic market 

every time in order to attract the new 

investors. The one of the most important 

criterions of the strong market is a stable 

and harmonious taxation system with the 

EU.” 

Indicating the market and production in 

the world automotive sector has been 

shifting to east, Gulan said; “In 2018, 

the number of 30 million of the total 

100 million vehicles which are expected 

to be produced and sold in the world 

would be produced and sold in China. 

As such a great market is in question 

for the investors, without having a 

strong domestic market potential there 

would constitute a risk in getting new 

investment. In the upcoming 5 years the 

primary target of the every firm should 

exert effort, time and resource in order to 

digitalize in business process. Those will 

not fulfill this might be eliminated.” 

Recording new regulations were needed 

in the secondhand vehicles trade, 

OYDER Chairman Gulan said their one 

of the most important targets to have a 

regulation put into force for the vehicles 

which would complete their economiclife. 

Koc Holding Executive Board Deputy 

Chairman Ali Koc said the automotive 

sector featured at the top of globalizing 

sectors. 

He continued, “We have been in a strong 

position as the production and R & D 

center in the European continent. Even 

we can say the competition advantage 

exists. Currently we rank at 14th in the 

automobile production and 7th in the 

light commercial vehicle production in 

the world. In Europe we rank 1st in the 

light commercial vehicle production and 

5th in the automobile production. Our 

country is developing with every passing 

year. The average sector market was 

440 thousand units in 2002-2004; 630 

thousand in 2005-2009; 840 thousand 

in 2010-2014 and over 1 million units in 

the last 2 years. This shows our country 

has how much resilience stance against 

every kind of factors. Last year, we 

guessed the domestic market as 900 

thousand, but we confused. I hope we 

will mistake the same fault in terms of 

domestic sales this year. In the upcoming 

years, we predict the last 10-year trend 

will continue increasingly. The number 

of vehicles per 1000 people is boosting. 

When we look at the Western Europe 

and other countries the market potential 

is open and accomplishing sales of 2 

million units in the upcoming period 

might be a realistic prediction.” 

Koc also added the sector has been the 

locomotive in the country exports, while 

producing the number of 1,5 million 

vehicles in 2016, of these 1,1 million 

were exported. 



Ford Otosan Exports 705 

Vehicles Per Day 

Manufacturing passenger and commercial vehicles at its three plants 

located in the provinces of Kocaeli and Eskisehir, Ford Otosan exported 257 

thousand 246 vehicles to 83 countries, accounting for $3,8 billion in 2016 

One of the leading 

companies of Turkish 

automotive industry, Ford Otosan 

exported the number of 257,246 

vehicles to 83 countries in 2016. 

Exporting the number of 705 

vehicles per day on average, 

accounted for $3,8 billion of 

foreign currency. 

Manufacturing passenger and 

commercial vehicles at its three 

plants located in the provinces of 

Kocaeli and Eskisehir, Ford Otosan 

exported 257 thousand 246 

vehicles to 83 countries last year. 

One of the foremost automotive 

producers of Turkey, Ford Otosan 

has closed the year 2016 with 

strong results despite negative 

incidents both in the home and 

abroad. 

Having a total capacity of 415 

thousand units, the company 

produced the number of 333,749 

vehicles 290 thousand of Transit 

and Custom models at the plant in 

Golcuk, 110 thousand at the plant 

in Yenikoy, 15 thousand Cargo 

trucks at the plant in Inonu in 2016. 

The models which rolled off the 

production line constitutes 137,240 

units of Custom, 120,844 units of 

Transit, 70,803 units of Courier, 

4,862 units of Cargo trucks. 

Having the highest production 

capacity of Turkey, the capacity 

utilization rate of the company 

recorded as 80 percent. 

The growth oriented strategy 

of Ford in Europe provided 

remarkable contribution to Ford 

Otosan which features the only 

production center for Transit model 

in Europe, for Custom and Courier 

in the world. 

Last year Ford Otosan accomplished 

65 percent of Turkey’s commercial 

vehicle exports itself. 

Custom ranked atop with 51%, 

Transit second with 36%, Courier 

third with 13% in terms of model. 

As the European countries 

constituted the key markets of the 

company, the UK first with 31%. 

Germany ranked second with 

18% of its exports, France, Italy 

and Spain listed with 8%, 7% and 

6% respectively in the company’s 

exports last year. 

In the last 5 years, Ford Otosan 

increased its employment 8%, as 

well as maintaining its leadership 

in the automotive industry 

employment. As of end of last year, 

the number of employees of the 

company became 10,261 units 

including white and blue collars. 



Madrid Municipality Tests 

Karsan Electric Jest 

Madrid municipality, which is replacing its vehicles with zero emission Karsan 

electric vehicles, according to the test results in Madrid regarding maneuvering 

capability on the narrow streets and appropriate passenger capacity 

The domestic made Karsan, 

which offers modern 

solutions to cities through 

developed transport systems, has 

shown off its electric Jest minibuses 

on the streets of Madrid, capital 

city of Spain. Karsan Jest has taken 

full point from the experts in the 

scope of the project that transform 

the entire public transport fleet to 

electric regarding its maneuvering 

capability on the narrow streets and 

appropriate passenger capacity. 

The Madrid municipality, which 

will replace the vehicles with zero 

emission Karsan vehicles according 

to the test results, will hold a tender, 

according to the statement from 

Karsan. 

Realizing modern public 

transportation vehicles and 

commercial vehicles complying 

with today’s mobility needs, 

Karsan tested Karsan Jest, Turkey’s 

first domestic made and electric 

minibus in the capital city of 

Madrid, Spain. Madrid Municipality 

Transport Company (EMT) applied 

tests for two weeks in the scope of 

replacing its all public transport fleet 

with the eco-friendly vehicles. With 

low platform, 19-passenger, and 

speeding up to 180 km/h, Karsan 

Jest electric minibus has completed 

the test successfully on the historical 

narrow streets of Madrid. 

Okan Baş, CEO of Karsan, said they 

had offered their eco-friendly public 

transport vehicles to the admiration 

of Europe. 

Recording a swift transformation 

has been started for zero emission 

public transport vehicles, Okan Baş, 

said; “We have offered Jest, the 

first and domestic made in Turkey 

electric minibus for the admiration 

of the world first at IAA Hanover 

Fair. Having liked much at the fair, 

now the electric vehicle has been 

tested in Madrid. Our model has 

obtained quite positive comments 

thanks to its high maneuvering 

capability being suitable to the 

narrow streets of the city and its 

passenger capacity. We wish to 

include electric model vehicle 

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IPRU Aims To Meet All Needs 

Of Passenger Transport 

International Passenger Transport Union (IPRU) was established with 12 member 

countries as a roof organization dealing with the problems of the sector 

The Board of Directors 

Meeting of International 

Passenger Transport Union (IPRU) 

was held early April 2017 headed 

by A. Fatih Tamay. 

IPRU Chairman Tamay informed 

elaborately the works fulfilled 

between January 2016 – March 

2017. At the meeting the second 

General Meeting of IPRU was 

decided to be held in May in 

Istanbul. 

View exchanged with the members 

of board of Directors about the 

works of IPRU in the year 2017, 

according to the statement. 

At the meeting also works which 

will be discussed have been 

mentioned. IPRU will maintain its 

organization works and decided 

the member number to be 

multiplied. 

According to this, a decision made 

to endure works with the countries 

such as Kenya, India, Lithuania, 

Hungary, Djibouti, and Pakistan. 

Meanwhile a visiting program will 

be held to the member countries 

of IPRU to improve the existing 

relations more. 

The International Passenger 

Transport Union (IPRU) was 

established by the Council of 

Ministers’ decree on 9th December 

2014 with participation of civil 

society organizations which act 

Passenger Transport as a roof 

organization to meet the all 

needs of Highways, tending to 

the national and international 

sectorial problems, having general 

representing qualification. 

Currently, IPRU has been organized 

A.Fatih Tamay 

with 22 sectorial organizations. 

A.Fatih Tamay, Head of IPRU and 

members of IPRU Birol ÖZCAN, 

Mustafa YILDIRIM, Sümer YIĞCI, 

Mevlüt İLİGİN, Basri AKGÜL, 

Mehmet ÖKSÜZ, Mustafa ÖZCAN, 

Hasan Yüksel KURNAZ, Bülent 

YILDIZ, Deputy Associate Prof. 

Kemal KARAYORMUK, Ekrem 

ÖZCAN, Adnan DEĞİRMENCİ, 

Gökhan Çerioğlu attended the 

meeting. 



Sales Of Secondhand 

Vehicles To Surge In 2017 

In the wake of the new vehicles’ prices are rising depending on surge in the 

foreign currency rates, the sales of secondhand vehicles might also surge in 

the domestic market this year 

In 2017, the number of 6 million 

secondhand vehicles is predicted 

to handover, according to the 

statement from Ozgur Maras, 

Director General of Celik Motor. 

Regarding reflection of special 

consumption tax and foreign 

currency rise onto the prices of 

motor vehicles, buying and selling 

are expected in the secondhand 

vehicles might be higher than 

previous years. 

Possessing the online auction 

platform “ikinciyeni.com” at its own 

structure, Celik Motor’s Director 

General Ozgur Maras announced 

increase of the special consumption 

tax and foreign currency rates has 

directed the demand towards the 

secondhand vehicles. 

Telling “we think the demand will 

rise for the secondhand vehicles”, 

Maras continued, “Because 

increases might happen in the rate 

of over 20% in the new vehicles due 

to rises in the special consumption 

tax and foreign currency rates. 

For this reason, regarding a family 

vehicle price costing over TL100 

thousand would urge demand to 

secondhand vehicles to rise this 

year.” 

Stating the sales of new automobile 

domestic market had been 1 

million units on average, as for 

the secondhand vehicle market 

was 5-5,5 fold of the new vehicle 

market, he said; “In other words, 

the secondhand vehicle trade 

accounts for 5-5,5 million units. So, 

the main big market in the sector 

is the secondhand market in Turkey 

in the rate of 5 fold of the new 

vehicle market.” 

Highlighting ‘exact time now’ 

for purchasing car either new or 

secondhand vehicle, Maras said, “If 

you need a car, I absolutely advise 

to buy a car now. It doesn’t make 

any difference whether it is new or 

secondhand vehicle this is true time 

to purchase a car.” 

In the secondhand vehicle the 

number of 5-5,5 million vehicles 

are handed over per annum, this 

year this number would rise by 6 

million units in the wake of the new 

vehicles to be subjected to price 

increase. 

Recording the vehicles under TL50 

thousand were demanded much, 

he said; “At the auto galleries, 

the prices are under the online 

prices. There are some 7-8 percent 

differences. In Turkey, there are 

18-20 thousand auto galleries. We 

are a country possessing galleries 

much more.” 



Sales Of Electric And Hybrid 

Vehicles Speed Up In Q1 

The sales of electric and hybrid vehicles have surged by 563 in the domestic 

market in the first quarter of 2017, this number was 23 units in the same 

period last year 


number of 563 electric and hybrid 

vehicles were sold in Turkey, this 

number was 23 units last year. 

According to the statement from, 

Turkish Electric and Hybrid Vehicle 

Platform (TEHAD), while the number 

of 23 electric and hybrid vehicles was 

sold in the first quarter, the number 

reached 563 units in this category in 

the same period this year. 

TEHAD founder Berkan Bayram 

announced the automobile drivers 

in Turkey have begun to show 

interest in the hybrid vehicles some 

more. 

Stating with regard to special 

consumption tax regulation which 

was enacted in the favor of the hybrid 

automobiles became attractive for 

the automobile drivers, Bayram said; 

“We can observe the sales of C and 

D segment hybrid models have 

reached a noteworthy number 

when compared with gasoline 

and diesel models. The special 

consumption tax price difference 

in the rate of some 15-20 percent 

equals virtually a secondhand B 

segment vehicle.” 

The foundation aim of Turkey’s 

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 

Association (TEHAD) is to show 

the viability of transportation and 

freight having zero carbon emission. 

TEHAD aims to allow chargeable 

vehicles appear on highways much 

more. TEHAD is also a civil society 

organization to make sustainable 

solutions for the transport problems 

which threaten human health and 

environment. 



Turkish Automotive Sector 

Represented In Brazil 

Turkish automotive sector has increasing its effect in Latin American market 

joining the fairs as the national participation with every passing year 

A 

leading automotive fair of 

Latin America, Automec 

2017 was held in Sao Paulo. Turkish 

automotive industrialists joined the 

fair as the second big participant 

with 19 firms and promotion stands 

following Chinese participants. 

Turkish automotive industry 

participated with 19 firms in the 

international spare parts and 

component fair held in Sao Paulo, 

Brazil. With the organization 

of Uludag Automotive Industry 

Exporters Association (OIB), the 

Turkish promotion stand drew 

attention of the visitors. Yasin Akdere, 

Member of Audit of the OIB, in his 

statement said they participated in 

the biggest automotive supplier fair 

of South America with 19 firms and 

promotion stand including a space 

of360 sqm. Totally, the number of 

800 participants took place at the 

fair of which 350 were foreign and 

450 were from Brazil. He added 

they joined the fair sixth time since 

2010. 

Highlighting they had become 

second big participant following 

Chinese participants, Akdere said, 

“As the Turkish automotive exporters 

union, we realize every kind of 

help and organization for our 

participant firms in order to let our 

firms to get share from the Brazilian 

market. Satisfaction and feedbacks 

that we have seen until now are 

in the direction that organization 

has become successful and its 

results would be also positive. In 

this meaning, I hope we will get 

remarkable results from the fair.” 

National participation surges Turkish 

effect at the fairs 

The Turkish businessperson Altug 

Demir who came from Chile said 

that Turkey’s investment in Chile was 

continuing increasingly with every 

passing year. 

“The Turkish firms especially in the 

automotive supplier industry have 

been in competition in Latin America 

region with Chinese firms in terms of 

confidence and price,” he added. 

The Turkish businessman Umut Eker 

lives in Brazil said following defense 

industry fair held in Rio de Janeiro 

Turkish automotive sector landed in 

Brazil with a record participation. He 

added Turkish effect has increased in 

Latin America along with every fair in 

the scope of national participation. 



Ankara Ready For Industry 4.0 

Ankara is the most prepared city for the industry 4.0. and a nominee 

to become a high technology center of Turkey, Eda Ersoy Tombakoglu, 

Chairman of ASIAD 

Ankara has an outstanding 

potential on the way to 

become an advanced technology 

base with its 18 universities, 

nearly 300 thousand of university 

students, 7 technopark, R & 

D centers, and primarily the 

defense industry, entrenched 

and successful industrial 

establishments. 

Ankara Industrialists and 

Businessmen Association (ASIAD) 

has adopted the mission to make 

Ankara the capital city of Turkey 

the most advanced technology 

base, Eda Ersoy Tombakoglu, 

Chairman of ASIAD, said. She also 

added the capital city is the most 

prepared city for Industry 4.0. 

Tombakoglu highlighted Ankara, 

the capital city of Turkey has a 

serious potential on the way to 

be an advanced technology base 

with its 18 universities, nearly 300 

thousand of university students, 

7 technopark, R & D centers, 

primarily the defense industry, 

entrenched and successful 

industrial establishments. 

Tombakoglu continued, “Ranging 

atop by far in the middle and 

high technology manufacturing 

in Turkey, Ankara is the most 

prepared city for the industry 4.0. 

Ankara is the nominee to become 

a high technology center of 

Turkey.” 

Informing Turkey’s historical 

development of Turkey, even 

though Ankara was a remarkable 

highway route and a trade center, 

after decided for being the capital 

city of Turkey, the city recorded 

its fundamental development in 

the Republic period, as of today 

the city has been transformed to 

a metropole with its population of 

5,2 million. 

About industrialization of Ankara, 

Tombakoglu said, “The industry 

heritage of Turkey consisted of 

manufacturing workshops based 

on handicraft.” 

Stating they would like to make 

the capital city a leader in industry 

and technology, Tombakoglu 

continued, “Contributing the 

industrialists in Ankara to produce 

high value-added, increasing 

its competitive power and of 

course being a guide in terms 

of economic, technologic, social 

and cultural development of our 

country is our wish and duty. In this 

issue, there are very remarkable 

works in this primarily Ankara 

Chamber of Industry (ASO) and 

the Ministry of Science Industry 

and Technology as well as public 

and private sector.” 

The Ankara Space and Aviation 

Specialization Organized Industrial 

Zone which was established in 

the district of Kahramankazan with 

participation of Defense Industry 

Undersecretariat, ASO and 

Defense and Aviation Industrial 

Manufacturing Association have 

great importance in terms of 

supporting the domestic industry, 

providing synergy by bringing 

together both domestic and 

foreign firms, as well as producing 

and exporting high value-added 

products, Tombakoglu concluded. 



New York Public Transport To 

Pilot Electric Bus Program 

The New York MTA is 

beginning an electric bus 

pilot program that will launch with 

a total of 10 buses in December 

2017. As part of the new pilot, the 

MTA has secured board approval 

to lease the first five electric buses. 

A lease for an additional five buses 

will be presented to the MTA Board 

later this year. 

The pilot program is intended to 

provide the MTA and manufacturers 

of electric buses with actionable 

data on what works best in New 

York’s metropolitan environment. 

The MTA will use the results from 

the pilot to refine and develop bus 

specifications for future electric 

bus procurements to ensure 

buses are fully able to meet the 

rigors of operating in New York 

City. As a result, the initial lease 

and evaluation of buses does not 

eliminate any other builders from 

future competitive procurements. 

After a study of best practices from 

systems across the U.S. and around 

the world, the MTA has identified 

two vendors to manufacture a total 

of 10 electric buses, which will be 

leased for test and evaluation over 

a period of three years in the New 

York City operating environment. 

The first of those vendors, Proterra, 

was selected to provide overnight 

charging electric buses, which will 

be operated on routes including 

the B39 and B32 in Brooklyn. 

The lease of an additional five 

buses from a second vendor, New 

Flyer, with en-route opportunity 

charging, will be presented to the 

board later this year. The New Flyer 

buses will operate on the M42 

bus route in Manhattan. These 

contracts are subject to MTA Board 

approval as well as review and 

approval by the Office of the New 

York State Comptroller. 

The $4 million, three-year lease 

for the Proterra buses includes six 

depot charging stations, which will 

be installed in the Grand Avenue 

Depot in Maspeth, Queens, 

where the buses will be recharged 

overnight. The first leg of the pilot 

will also include one "en-route" 

charging station, which will be 

located at Williamsburg Bridge 

Plaza in Brooklyn, and be used to 

extend the range of the buses by 

quickly recharging without having 

to return to the depot. The plaza is 

the hub for nine routes in Brooklyn. 

These routes could also be used to 

evaluate all-electric bus service over 

the course of the three-year pilot. 

In preparation for the study the 

MTA conducted a review of 

global best practices for electric 

buses. The process included a 

review of reports from systems in 

Europe, Asia, and South America; 

involvement in industry groups 

such as the Electric Power Research 

Institute, the Society of Automotive 

Engineers, and the American 

Public Transportation Association; 

in-person visits and consultations 

with transportation authorities in 

London, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los 

Angeles, and Montreal; and testing 

and inspections of buses from a 

variety of suppliers. 

The pilot program is intended to 

provide the MTA and manufacturers 

of electric buses with actionable 

data on what works best in New 

York’s metropolitan environment. 

The MTA will use the results from 

the pilot to refine and develop bus 

specifications for future electric 

bus procurements to ensure 

buses are fully able to meet the 

rigors of operating in New York 

City. As a result, the initial lease 

and evaluation of buses does not 

eliminate any other builders from 

future competitive procurements. 



Renault Leads Market In First 

Quarter 

In the firm-base, while Volkswagen was leading the market for a long time 

ranked second, Renault raised atop in the first quarter this year in the 

Turkish market 


number of sold automobile and 

light commercial vehicles which 

was 100 thousand 71 units with 

64.11% imported and 56 thousand 

19 units with 35.89% domestic 

made ones of the totally sold 

vehicles of 156 thousand 90 units. 

In the firm-base, while Volkswagen 

was leading the market for a long 

time ranked second, Renault raised 

atop. 

Renault became the leader of the 

total automotive market in the first 

quarter in 2017. 

According to the data from Turkish 

Automotive Distributors Association 

(ODD), the Turkish automobile and 

light commercial vehicle market 

shrank 7.36% to 156 thousand 90 

units in the first quarter this year 

over the same period previous year. 

Renault ranked atop with 

the number of 21,222 units, 

Volkswagen second with 19,666 

units, Fiat third with 18,483 units in 

the sales of domestic market in the 

first quarter this year. 

The sales of imported vehicles 

surpass twofold of domestic made 

ones 

In the first quarter, while the 

number of 115 thousand 963 

automobiles sold, of these 80 

thousand 243 were imported, 

35 thousand 720 were domestic 

made ones. The sales of imported 

vehicles exceeded twofold of the 

domestic made ones accounting 

for 69.20 percent. 

In the sales of automobiles, Renault 

ranked first with 18 thousand 658 

units, Volkswagen second with 14 

thousand 691 units and Hyundai 

third with 9 thousand 356 units. 

In the domestic made automobile 

sales, Renault kept its leading 

position with 13 thousand 204 

units. This followed by Fiat with 8 

thousand 190 and Honda with 4 

thousand 869 units. In the imported 

ones, Volkswagen ranked atop 

with 14 thousand 691, Dacia with 

7 thousand 308 and Opel with 7 

thousand 243 units respectively. 

Domestic made light 

commercial vehicles slightly 

ahead 

While the number of 19 thousand 

828 units were met via imports, 

20 thousand 299 units were met 

via domestic made vehicles of 

totally 40,127 units of the light 

commercial vehicles in the first 

three months this year. So, the 

share of domestic made vehicles 

exceeded the imported ones with 

50.59%. 

As for the total sales of light 

commercial vehicles based on firm, 

Ford ranked first with 11,716 units, 

Fiat second with 9 thousand 771, 

Volkswagen third with 4 thousand 

975 units in this period. 

In the sales of imported light 

commercial vehicles, Volkswagen 

became first with 4 thousand 975 

units, and then Renault with 2 

thousand 564, Citroen with 1,531 

units. 

In the sales of domestic made light 

commercial vehicles, Ford ranked 

atop with 10 thousand 825, Fiat 

with 8 thousand 576 second and 

Isuzu with 453 became third. 



Toyota Shows Best Export 

Performance In Q1 

The automotive firms operate in Turkey boosted their exports in the first 

quarter this year over the same period previous year in the passenger cars 

As the automobile firms 

boosted the passenger 

car exports, Toyota featured the 

best in the first quarter this year. 

The automotive firms which 

operate in Turkey have increased 

their exports 300 percent in the 

passenger cars in the first quarter 

of 2017 over the same period 

previous year. 

In this category, while Oyak 

Renault keeps its leadership with 

31.8 percent increase to 79,277 

units of exports, Tofas achieved 

141 percent increase and Toyota 

completed the first three months 

with 300 percent increase this year. 

According to the data from 

Turkish Automotive Manufacturers 

Association (OSD) and Automotive 

Industry Exporters Association 

(OIB), while the sales of passenger 

automobiles in the market abroad 

were the number of 159,401 

units, the foreign sales raised by 

254,796 units with 60 percent rise 

in the same period this year. In this 

period, while the all automotive 

firms except one firm boosted their 

exports, some of them folded their 

foreign sales number. 

OYAK Renault leader of 

passenger cars 

Last year in the first quarter, while its 

foreign market sales were 60,118 

units, this year in the same period, 

the foreign market sales of Oyak 

Renault rose by 79,277 units with 

nearly 32 percent. Oyak Renault 

kept its leadership with these sales 

as well. 

The best performance in 

passenger cars from Toyota 

Toyota showed the best 

performance in the passenger car 

exports in the first quarter. Last year 

being 16,365 units, Toyota surged 

its exports 300,5 percent to 65,548 

units in the first quarter this year. 

The firm ranked second following 

Oyak Renault. Tofas also raised 

its exports which were 21,370 

units to 51,684 units with 141.8 

percent rise and ranked third. The 

exports of Ford Otosan increased 

16%, Honda Turkey’s 160.7% 

respectively. In the first quarter this 

year, export decrease happened 

only in Hyundai Assan. While 

the firm exported the number of 

56,450 units in 2016, this year its 

exports decreased 8.9 percent to 

51,392 units in this period. 

More than half of the sector 

exports accomplished from Bursa 

The number of 130,961 unit of 

total passenger car exports which 

accounted for 254,796 units 

were fulfilled by Oyak Renault and 

Tofas in the first quarter this year. 

Bursa-based automotive firms 

accomplished more than half of the 

passenger car exports with 51.4 

percent in this period. 



ITU Çekirdek Supports 

Automotive Projects 

ITU ARI Teknokent and Turkish Automotive Exporters Association support 

the projects related to the automotive sector 

In 2015, ‘Automotive 

Technologies Category’ 

was opened with cooperation 

of ITU ARI Teknokent and 

Turkish Automotive Exporters 

Association (OIB) at the structure 

of ITU Çekirdek. In this scope, 

the successful automotive 

entrepreneurs - which were 

determined by the OIB – are 

selected for incubation and 

acceleration program and began 

to be supported to let the projects 

enter into force and transfer to 

industry. The entrepreneurs such 

as IUGO, Enwair, Garajyeri, RePG 

and Parkkolay in the Automotive 

Technologies Category obtained 

investment incentive worth TL5 

million to date. 

About the issue, Arzu Eryilmaz, 

Director of ITU ARI Teknokent 

Marketing and Business 

Development, said; “As ITU ARI 

Teknokent, we have included 

‘Automotive Technologies 

Category’ into ITU Çekirdek in 

2015. We believe this category 

which have constituted with 

the cooperation and support 

of the OIB will change the 

perception of the automotive 

sector in Turkey. In a short 

time as two years, having won 

entrance right to ITU Çekirdek 

our 5 entrepreneurs have gotten 

investment worth TL5 million. 

We can say this success depends 

on the visionary support of the 

OIB to its respective sector and 

improving entrepreneurship 

capability of ITO Çekirdek.” 

Omer Burhanoglu, Deputy 

Chairman of the OIB, said; “As 

automotive exporters association, 

our cooperation with ITU 

Çekirdek will provide to set up 

awareness and successful startup 

firms, we will also support to the 

entrepreneurs on the way to 

access from project and opinion 

stage to industry, will contribute 

to our sector. We have aimed 

to allow our ideas transform to 

industrialize, turn to production 

and contribute to our industry 

along with this cooperation. We 

will pursuit of these projects in 

the upcoming period.” 

5 enterprises grow with 

investments 

In this cope, iUGO Teknoloji 

which inspects and recover 

attitudes of drivers and improves 

the automotive technologies 

directed towards advanced level 

driver support systems, got $400 

thousand Turkey’s Angel Investors 

via $4,5 million of the company 

valuation. With patented new 

battery technology Enwair, 

which offers solution for quick 

finishing battery problem, owned 

the investment worth TL275 

thousand. As for Garajyeri the 

platform of vehicle owners who 

want to get additional income 

got investment worth $800 

thousand within last one year. 

As for RePG, which will make a 

revolutionary effect for electric 

vehicles and electricity needs of 

the network, won investment 

worth TL740 thousand within 

one year. Parkkolay which have 

developed a mobile application 

in order to solve this problem 

got the investment worth TL250 

thousand. 



Istanbul Autoshow Hosts 

More Than Half A Million 

Istanbul Autoshow 2017 fair - which was held by the cooperation of Tuyap 

Fair Organization and the ODD at Tuyap Istanbul Fair Center - was visited 

by the number of more than half a million visitors during 11 days 

Having held by Tuyap Fair 

Organization and Turkish 

Automotive Distributors Association, 

Istanbul Autoshow 2017 hosted 

more than half a million of visitors 

during 11 days. 

According to the statement posted 

by Turkish Automotive Distributors 

Association (ODD), Istanbul 

Autoshow 2017 fair - which was 

held by the cooperation of Tuyap 

Fair Organization and the ODD at 

Tuyap Istanbul Fair Center - was 

visited by the number of more than 

half a million visitors at the end of 

11 days including press day and 

VIP day. 

Technology, innovation, 

informatics, accessories and 

supplier industry, civil society 

organizations and media 

organizations, exhibitions and 

shows as well as the automotive 

brands which operate in Turkey 

take place in the structure of the 

ODD were displayed at the fair. 

The fair, of which the main 

sponsorship was assumed by Shell 

&Turcas, insurance sponsorship 

by Generali Sigorta and event 

sponsorship by RedBull.com, 

hosted its guests for 11 days. 

The products were offered for sales 

at Autoshow Store where licensed 

products of Istanbul Autoshow 

2017, social media sharing were 

carried out at the special place 

called “Instawall”. 

The latest technologies were 

offered by the participant firms at 

their respective stands. Remote 

control automobile parking via cell 

phones, vehicle production robot 

arms which work with special 

software, space vehicle which used 

in science-fiction films that will enter 

into vision, semi-robot and semirobot 

automobile mannequins and 

the vehicles which have witnessed 

in the Turkey’s rally history were 

watched at the fair. 

The ODD General Coordinator 

Hayri Erce said, “The interest 

of automobile fans in Istanbul 

Autoshow 2017 has made us 

utmost pleased. Our wish, the 

automotive market with the 

positive effect of Istanbul Autoshow 

will be activated in 2017. Thus, it 

will contribute potential growth of 

our country.” 

Ilhan Ersozlu, Director General 

of TUYAP, said; “Featuring as the 

biggest automotive fair in our 

region, Istanbul Autoshow staged 

to influx of visitor during 11 days. 

The automobile firms offered very 

rich model diversification ranging 

from affordable ones to luxury and 

very special concepts. While the 

models which were debuted first 

time at the fair, also having realized 

lots of hot sales made a positive 

effect in the sector.” 



Automotive Sector Contributes 

Highest Rate To Exports 

The automotive sector with its exports worth $2 billion 299 million ranked 

atop in April, also contributed in the highest rate to the overall exports in 

the first four months 

Turkey’s exports increased 4% 

to $11 billion 866 million in 

April 2017, according to the data 

from Turkish Exporters Assembly 

(TIM). The overall exports expanded 

6.7 percent in the first 4 months 

this year over the same period 

last year. As for year on year, the 

exports calculated $145 billion 656 

million with 4% rise. 

Automotive, steel, mining and 

jewelry sectors drive the exports 

In April 2017, the most powerful 

support to the exports came from 

the automotive, steel, mining and 

jewelry sectors. This month, the 

steel sector showed the highest 

rise in proportional base with $326 

million increase. The automotive 

sector showed increase $253 

million, the mining sector $112 

million, the jewelry sector $100 

million. The agriculture sector 

decreased 1.3%. Meanwhile, the 

readymade garment sector lost 

11.1%, so this caused a restricted 

effect in the overall export increase 

in April. 

The automotive sector became 

the sector that contributed in 

the highest rate to the exports in 

the first four months this year, as 

seen in recent years continuously. 

In this period, $1,7 billion part 

of the exports increase came 

from the automotive sector. The 

total automotive sector exports 

became $2 billion 299 million in 

April The automotive sector was 

followed by the steel sector and 

chemical matters and products. 

In this period, the steel exports 

increased 43% to $4 billion, the 

chemical matters and products 

increased 17% to $5,3 billion. In 

April, Turkish exports increased 

3.2% to the European Union. In the 

first months this year, near half of 

exports increase happened via the 

European Union countries-base. 

Secondly, the exports increased in 

North America with 28.7%. In this, 

the USA became effective with the 

export increase in rate of 26.7%. 

The exports to the Mideast countries 

showed 8.5% increase in April. The 

most striking increases happened 

in Malta, United Arab Emirates and 

Canada in Turkish exports which 

showed increases 351%, 99% and 

50% respectively. In addition, the 

Turkish exports increased 38.3% 

in China in April 2017. In African 

countries, the Turkish exports 

decreased 5.8% in April. 

In April 2017, while 47 provinces 

increased their exports, 33 ones 

reduced their export rate. One of 

the foremost automotive exporter 

provinces, the exports via Sakarya 

province recorded 179.3% rise 

in April. In the first four months, 

exports from this province became 

$1,7 billion. 



“Brexit Should Not Undermine 

Automotive Sector” 

European automobile manufacturers and suppliers sounded the alarm over the 

potential damage that Brexit could do to the competitiveness of their industry 

Ahead of the EU-Brexit 

summit in upcoming 

days, European automobile 

manufacturers and suppliers 

sounded the alarm over the 

potential damage that Brexit 

could do to the competitiveness 

of their industry, which represents 

6.5% of EU’s GDP and provides 

employment to some 12.2 million 

Europeans across the continent. 

Automotive manufacturing is a 

highly complex industry. A single 

vehicle part may be composed of 

over 30 components, and undergo 

over one hundred process steps to 

become a finished product. It may 

pass through 15 countries, and 

cross borders multiple times in its 

material journey. A single vehicle, 

in turn, consists of around 30,000 

parts. 

Vehicle manufacturers currently 

operate some 300 assembly and 

production plants in Europe. 

They often manufacture engines 

or transmissions in one country 

and assemble the final vehicle in 

another. The European Single 

Market provides for a high level 

of economic and regulatory 

integration in this respect. This 

level of integration is reflected in 

how the automotive industry has 

strategically set up its business 

operations in terms of supply 

chains, production sites and 

distribution networks. 

Today, the EU is the UK’s biggest 

trade partner. More than half of 

all the cars and 90% of all the 

commercial vehicles built in the UK 

last year were bought by customers 

in Europe. The other way around, 

the EU represents more than 80% 

of the UK’s motor vehicle import 

volume, worth €42 billion. Seven 

out of every 10 new cars sold in the 

UK come from EU plants. 

Addressing journalists at a press 

conference, Erik Jonnaert, 

Secretary General of the European 

Automobile Manufacturer’s 

Association (ACEA) stated: “Today, 

the automotive industries of the 

European Union and the United 

Kingdom are closely integrated; 

from the economic, regulatory 

and technical points of view. Any 

changes to this level of integration 

will most certainly have an 

adverse impact on automobile 

manufacturers with operations in 

the EU or the UK, as well as on the 

European economy in general.” 

This impact would potentially be 

felt in a number of areas, incuding 

tariffs, customs procedures, the 

regulatory framework, and access 

to labour. Tariffs, for instance, could 

amount to 10% for passenger cars, 

10 to 22% for commercial vehicles, 

and 3 to 4% on average for parts 

and components. 

Sigrid de Vries, Secretary 

General, European Association 

of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA): 

“The EU Single Market represents 

a fundamental driver of global 

competitiveness. Vehicle 

manufacturers and component 

suppliers are entangled in a 

highly integrated manufacturing 

network spanning Europe. Tariffand 

burden-free market access, 

as well as a stable and predictable 

regulatory framework, are crucial 

instruments to sustain the supplier 

industry’s technology leadership 

and secure investments and jobs.”

Automotive Exports – May 2017

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