Rapid Rise of China Automotive Industry in the 2000s and History of Turkey Automotive Industry

We can say that the differences in the development processes of the automotive sector of the two countries are noticeable. We can say that its development stalled due to the obstacles that prevented the further development of the entrepreneurial culture, which began to form from the second half of the century, and that this pause lasted until 1978. But it can be said that the entrepreneurial class that emerged with the 1978 Reform process formed the cornerstone of the rapid economic development of the Chinese economy, which began in the 1980s. In Turkey, entrepreneurship faailets (activities), which started from the ancient periods of the Ottoman Empire, have fallen into a very difficult situation after trade agreements with the United Kingdom and some other European countries. Therefore, the industrial sector and domestic entrepreneurship remained virtually non-existent until the Republic was declared in 1923. After 1923, due to the need for rapid industrialization, foreign capital could also be used. As a matter of fact, the first automotive factory was established in 1929 by Ford Motor Company in Istanbul to produce trucks and automobiles. Thus, in a sense, we can say that the development of domestic entrepreneurship has been cut off culturally. As a matter of fact, Turkey’s first domestic car revolution, after it was manufactured within the state, however, in 1966 by the Koç Group, Turkey’s 2nd technology transfer method from multiple sources. Domestic car Anadol can be produced. But this production has not continued. However, we can say that the two factories established to produce Oyak-Renault cars, which were established by 1971 license agreements, formed the principles of the future development line of Turkey’s automotive industry. In the 1990s, Turkey, together with three automotive products production factories established by foreign companies, began to become a production base of foreign automotive companies in a sense. With the high economic growth rates that began to be achieved in the period between 2002 and 2008, the development process brought with it the excitement that we can produce our own cars. However, despite the intensive efforts shown, the introduction of the prototype of the domestic car based on technology transfer from multiple sources was made in December 2018. This has shown that Turkey does not have sufficient knowledge about gaining the ability to develop technologies. Since the 1980s, China began to industrialize rapidly start to catch up with the high economic growth rate, on the one hand, technology development, earning ability, while on the other hand, as of the 2000s, and nowadays have started giving importance to the development of the automotive industry, the automotive industry has become the leading country in the world in production. Turkey’s lack of technology development capability has led to its lagging behind in the automotive industry, leading China to world leadership.