"Global competition and Turkey: Are we on the right track? (3)
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Opinion by Aydın Nurhan
TDN Guest Writer
In this final part, we shall start by looking at the trend. In the early 20th century America was making the white goods, the brown goods, the cars, the airplanes, later the computers, and was leading in innovation and services. First, white and brown goods jumped into Europe and Japan, then automobiles, then computers and lastly airplanes. Did the shift of the know-how of the Industrial Age stop in Europe? No, it continued eastwards. Today, every one in three television sets sold in Europe is made in Turkey. Plus another very high percentage of white goods and textiles in Europe are made in Turkey. Renault has been in Turkey for nearly 40 years, followed by Fiat, followed by Honda, Toyota and scores of other automobile, truck and bus plants, with Mercedes also among them."
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