{"id":498217,"date":"2019-05-29T11:16:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=80373"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:50:51","slug":"anadol-pride-of-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/anadol-pride-of-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Anadol – Pride of Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>More than half a century ago, Turkey\u2019s first passenger vehicles went into mass production\u2014Anadol. Manufactured by Istanbul-based Otosan Otomobil Sanayii\u00a0<\/em>(\u201cOtosan Automotive Industry\u201d), Anadol produced seven different models from 1966 to 1991. Behind all of this industriousness was Ankara-born philanthropist and entrepreneur Vehbi Ko\u00e7 (1901\u20131996), who did an astonishing amount to energize Turkey\u2019s economy in the twentieth century. Ko\u00e7 became the Ankara representative of Standard Oil Company and Ford Motor Company in 1928, resulting in the establishment of a Ford vehicle assembly plant in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

The ever-dynamic Ko\u00e7 signed a deal with General Electric in 1948, leading to the founding of a domestic light bulb factory. Another post-war negotiation culminated in Turkish production of Fiat tractors. In the 1950s, Ko\u00e7 expanded into the manufacture of household appliances, electronics and other goods. Ko\u00e7 also sealed a deal with Siemens for a Turkish cable factory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n