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Turkey's Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) has been picked as one of the best 20 brands showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month.

"Prestigious sectoral magazine Exhibitor has chosen TOGG one of the best 20 brands of CES among 2,300 participants," TOGG said on its Twitter account.

Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) has announced that it has successfully completed the initial body assembly of the country's first indigenous car on July 18. 

"Our first body is assembled with all parts produced in our country," TOGG said on Twitter.

In a first, a Turkish car has been crowned one of the most prestigious design awards in the world, Turkey's Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) said in a statement on April 18.

"TOGG became the first Turkish brand to receive such an award and achieved a significant success in mobility with its C-SUV model at the iF Design Awards 2021," it said.

Turkey's Eti Maden Lithium Production Plant inaugurated in the country's central province of Eskişehir on Dec. 26 will help prevent annually $20 million lithium imports, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said.

The foundation stone for Turkey's first domestic car plant will be laid in May with construction expected to take a year, its CEO said on Jan. 28.

Gürcan Karakaş of Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) said at a news conference in the country's industrial province of Kocaeli that the factory will start mass production in 2022 with an annual capacity of 175,000 units.

Turkey will own the intellectual and industrial property rights of its first indigenous car, the Turkish industry and technology minister said on Dec. 26.

The car prototype will be unveiled on Dec. 27 in the industrial province of Kocaeli, Mustafa Varank noted.

Turkey will unveil the prototype of its first indigenous car on Dec. 27, the nation's president said on Dec. 20. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's remarks came in Malaysia where he attended Kuala Lumpur summit of Muslim world leaders this week.

The car publicity will be held in Gebze, a district of northwestern Kocaeli province, Erdoğan told reporters.

Israel has signed a deal worth nearly 18.6 million euros with Turkey’s Anadolu Isuzu, a joint automotive manufacturing venture between Turkey’s Anadolu Group and Japan’s Isuzu Motors, to buy buses, the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) said on Dec. 6.

Politics in Turkey is entering a highly stressful two years this fall. Since the referendum, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to be running a one-man show in decision-making and Ankara's bureaucracy seems to be looking to his Beştepe residence for every small paper to be signed. So can this system survive until the necessary laws are passed? Will they even pass anyway?

The Anadolu Group opened two new production facilities in the southern province of Isparta on Aug. 12. 

One of the factories will make production for Coca-Cola İçecek, a majority stake of which is owned by the Anadolu Group. The second facility is owned by Anadolu Etap, the group's fruit company, with its Brazilian partner Cutrale and Turkey's Özgörkey Holding.