BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
The number of vehicles which are used in Turkey increased by 105.4 percent in July 2020 compared to July 2019, having amounted to 138,883 vehicles, Trend reports on Aug. 28 referring to Turkey’s Institute of Statistics (TUİK).
The share of cars in the total number of vehicles in Turkey made up 54.1 percent, vans and trucks – 16.3 percent, motorcycles – 14.5 percent, and tractors – 8.2 percent. The remaining 6.9 percent accounted for other vehicles.
Turkey ranks sixth in Europe in car production. Ford, Fiat, Renault, Toyota, Honda, Opel, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and MAN are assembled in Turkey. Turkey also manufactures local brands of buses such as BMC, Temsa and Otokar.
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