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50 YEARS WITH THE TURKISH AUTOMOBILE
This book has been prepared for the 50 Years with the Turkish Automobile – From Dreams to Reality Exhibition, organized by the Automobile Industry Association and the Rahmi M. Koç Museum, and held between 7 October - 8 November 2004. 250 copies were printed in 15 January 2005.
ISBN: 975-96407-5-9
DEDICATION
Both the exhibition and the book entitled 50 Years with the Turkish Automobile are dedicated to those who have found creative solutions for automobile design and production in Anatolia for thousands of years, and those who have participated in the story of the development of the modern Turkish automobile industry.
The Automobile Industry Association (OSD), FORD Automotive Industry, Inc., HONDA Turkey, Inc., KARSAN Automotive Industry and Trade, Inc., OYAK RENAULT Automobile Factories, Inc., TOFAŞ Turkish Automobile Factory, Inc., and TOYOTA Automotive Industry Turkey, Inc...
50 YEARS WITH THE TURKISH AUTOMOBILE
Prof. Önder Küçükerman
This book has been prepared for the 50 Years with the Turkish Automobile – From Dreams to Reality Exhibition, organized by the Automobile Industry Association and the Rahmi M. Koç Museum, and held between 7 October - 8 November 2004. 250 copies were printed in December 2004.
No part of this publication may be reprinted, reproduced by photocopy or other
electronic or mechanical means, or stored in a retrieval system, in part or as a whole, without the prior written permission of its author and the Automobile Industry Association (OSD), FORD Automotive Industry, Inc., HONDA Turkey, Inc., KARSAN Automotive Industry and Trade, Inc., OYAK RENAULT Automobile Factories, Inc., TOFAŞ Turkish Automobile Factory, Inc., and TOYOTA Automotive Industry Turkey, Inc.
DEDICATION
Both the exhibition and the book entitled 50 Years with the Turkish Automobile are dedicated to those who have found creative solutions for automobile design and production in Anatolia for thousands of years, and those who have participated in the story of the development of the modern Turkish automobile industry.
The Automobile Industry Association (OSD), FORD Automotive Industry, Inc., HONDA Turkey, Inc., KARSAN Automotive Industry and Trade, Inc., OYAK RENAULT Automobile Factories, Inc., TOFAŞ Turkish Automobile Factory, Inc., and TOYOTA Automotive Industry Turkey, Inc...
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1954-1963 FIRST STEPS
THOUGHTS ON MANUFACTURING TURKISH AUTOMOBILES
1963-1967 FIRST ACHIEVEMENTS
TOWARDS AN ASSEMBLY INDUSTRY
1968-1973 MAJOR STRIDES
TWO AUTOMOBILE FACTORIES: TOFAŞ AND OYAK RENAULT
1973-1990 TOWARDS NEW HORIZONS - THE “AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION”
1974: THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, MAJOR NEW INVESTMENTS
1990-2004 TURKISH AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - TOWARDS GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENTS
1990: THE PERIOD OF R&D, DESIGN, THE
ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY SYSTEMS FOR THE TURKISH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
ALBUM (50 YEARS OF TURKISH AUTOMOBILES IN PHOTOGRAPHS)
EPILOGUE
INTRODUCTION
THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN TURKEY AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Turkey stayed neutral for most of the Second World War, but nonetheless went through difficulties brought on by the conflict. Among the measures taken to prevent these difficulties was the passing of the National Preservation Act. Governments were entrusted with the power to confiscate private businesses, determine minimum prices for imports and exports, and to distribute basic goods based on a carnet system. Two governmental agencies, the Trade Office and the Supplies Under-secretariat were set up to increase the government’s control over domestic and foreign trade. As a result, there was cheap food and clothing for soldiers, and cheap bread and coal for city dwellers during the first years of the Second World War. In later years, however, this tight control was first relaxed, and then removed altogether.