Today is October 29, 2022 and 99th anniversary of our republic we celebrate. One of the highlights of these celebrations is our country’s new domestic and national car, TOGG. On the other hand, the passion for cars in our country TOGG it didn’t start with, even this passion actually Even from the Republic of Turkey it dates.

Bride From the Ottoman Palace Let’s take a look at the key milestones of this arduous journey from its beginnings to the present. From the very beginning of our journey, sultan II. Abdulhamid’s We’ll start with the throne room…

The first acquaintance of the Turks with the car

According to many historians, Turks, tamer of horses It is one of the first communities. Since the horses of that period were smaller, not many people could use them except the short and agile Turks. So behind the horses cars to hang. Then these chariots evolved and evolved. to cars turns into

After the car appears First car to Istanbul had come. If you own this car of course. sultan II. Abdulhamid has happened. Even then he sent a letter from England to the sultan. electric car had been brought. Adopting so many cars II. Abdulhamid actually To the Declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy He banned cars called zat’ülhareke.

The first car was more of a mechanical marvel. on Istiklal Street The first car to enter traffic was seen in 1895. Zuheyrzade Ahmed Pasha He had a car. At the time, the car could only be seen in and around Beşiktaş in Istanbul. cars Turkish people she loved it. He would see the reward of this love with the Republic.

Automatic mounting starts

1929 American for car assembly in Ford Motor Company An agreement has been signed with the government. Although the assembly is criticized today, such initiatives were important for the utilization of the labor force and the learning of cars, as there was no skilled population at the time. The signed agreement was for 25 years.

With this first factory first free zone Production, which started in the bonded warehouse area in Tophane, provided duty-free delivery of parts. In this small factory, production could reach 48 units per day. Then it was the Great Depression, fluctuations in global developments. After 5 years closed, completely demolished in 1944. Nevertheless, 15 thousand vehicles came from this factory, moreover, the young Republic gained knowledge and experience in cars.

2. World War then it was used in the war as a gift to Turkey. jeep production vehicles began to arrive. So much so that Jeep, which is actually a brand, has long been used as a name for all-terrain vehicles. Along with the Foreign Capital Incentive Law, Turk Willys Overland Tuzla Jeep Assembly Factorybegan production in 1956. 25 percent of the factory capital was American.

As the biggest impact of this period, the domesticity rate of vehicles rose from 2% to 60%.

A semester used as a taxi and Büssing trucks were produced at the Jeep factory from time to time, one of everyone’s first choices when it comes to cars. Later, as Jeep left this factory, the factory was handed over to the military.

In 1958, these countries first small car He also met the German car Nobel 200. This vehicle was also produced in Turkey.

In 1959, Turkey showed that it was ready to produce cars.

First in 1959 Ford Motor Company and Koç GroupHe founded Otosan. Otosanwas where the first steps were taken for car production. Once the factory all the staff were turkish?. This team produced 4 Ford Consul cars and 8 Ford Thames trucks per day. Production of Ford Transit started in 1967.

In 1962, the federal Turkish Trucks Inc., oyak Instead, it will partner with International Harvester to produce trucks, buses, minibuses, tractors, pick-ups, pick-ups, axle vehicles and spare parts. Turkish Automotive Industry (TOE) has entered into force. A year later, Bus Bodyworks Inc. with the assembly of Magirus buses, which will become a legend.

Revolution, the saddest memory of car travel, also emerged during this period.

President of the time in 1961 Cemal GurselEskişehir State Railway Factory orders the first car designed and produced entirely by Turkish engineers. He wants the prototype of the car in 135 days, even his name. Revolution sets.

Engineers and craftsmen worked diligently and managed to produce four Devrim cars. Cemal Gürsel’s words when his car ran out of gas, “We built a car with the western head, we forgot to throttle with the oriental head.” word made headlines, car Although the public interest did not attract investment because of the perception created. However, Gürsel completed his tour with one of the other Devrim cars when the vehicle ran out of fuel. This well-deserved car can still be seen in Eskişehir and is still working.

Anadol, which we know from the legend of eating cows, came a few years later.

Ford Consulate car production was low. In addition, the public could not buy them because they were expensive vehicles. Koç managers, who wanted to reduce costs and continue production with low numbers, found the solution in England. used by Reliant optical fiberIt was a much cheaper material. Due to the structure of this material, unfounded rumors circulated that the vehicle was made of compressed straw and that the vehicle had been eaten by cows. Anadol was even older than its age and fiberglass was a modern and ingenious material that we only see in cars like the Corvette.

The engines and transmissions of these all-steel chassis vehicles, which were 30-40% cheaper than their counterparts, were produced by Ford. It became very popular during that time and quickly became the car of Turkey. Production at the Otosan Kadıköy factory From 1966 to 1984 continued. A total of 62,283 passenger Anadol and 36,892 pickup trucks were produced.

In 1968, Koç Group joined another giant, this time Italian. FIAT of TOFA Founded. Production, which started in 1971 with Murat 124, continued with Murat 131 and Şahin, Kartal and Doğan, known as the “bird series”.

Renault also came to Turkey in these years

As in 1969 OYAKFrench Renault Started working. They started production of the front-wheel drive Renault 12 in 1971 under the OYAK-RENAULT brand. It was followed in 1985 by Renault 9, the rival of Taunus, which was released the same year. as in 1987 first hatchback model The Renault 11 was produced. Otosan switched to diesel engine in the same period in Anadol. OYAK-RENAULT, on the other hand, introduced Renault 12 in 1989 with some changes. Taurus made the model. Again in the 90s, Renault’s top model Renault 21 started production in our country.

Cars produced in Turkey diversified in the 1990s.

in the 90s Opel models and Toyota Corolla began to be produced in Turkey. in 1993 TOEwhile in 1995 genoto car factories closed. In Turkey Ford, Renault, Toyota and Hyundai production continued. Cheap and skilled labor paved the way for many investments to be moved to Turkey.

And finally comes TOGG

December 27, 2019 With the presidential decree published on in Bursa Gemlik It has been announced that it will set up a factory for the production of electric cars. After that, he joined the project with the popular name “Beş babayiğit”. 996 million 774 thousand lira and TOGG, the car company with the highest paid-up capital in Turkey, has started. It is expected that 1 million units of this vehicle will be produced by 2030. In total on the facility 4 thousand 300 people employment will be provided.