Devrim
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| Year of production | 1961 |
| Motorization | 2.0 L (50 HP) |
| Dimensions | 4500 mm (L), 1800 mm (W), 1550 mm (H) |
| Empty weight | 1250 kg |
Devrim (Eng .: Revolution) was the first automobile to be designed and manufactured in Turkey .
Since 1960 there have been plans for a domestic Turkish automobile production. In 1961, President Cemal Gürsel arranged for 24 engineers from various factories to be withdrawn for the project to develop and produce a Turkish car. It was to be presented to the public on Republic Day, October 29, 1961.
After four and a half months, four prototypes of the vehicle were completed, one in black and three in cream. The model was called Devrim - the Turkish word for "revolution".
Three of the vehicles were transported by rail to Ankara for Republic Day, and the black model was painted while the vehicle was in motion. For safety reasons, the cars were only filled with a minimum of fuel for maneuvering. During the festivities, President Gürsel was supposed to do a lap of honor around the parliament building with the black vehicle, but it stopped after about 100 meters with an empty tank. Gürsel switched to one of the cream-colored devrims and drove to the Anıtkabir mausoleum.
Because of these events during the performance, the Devrim has been the subject of jokes and ridicule for years. The press wrote: "The Devrim drove 100 meters and stopped."
The Devrim was never mass-produced, partly because hardly any documents or technical drawings were available for the hand-made prototypes. In addition, there was no functioning supplier industry. Another reason was the lack of demand; At that time, cars were not yet affordable for the masses of potential private buyers.
Three of the prototypes were destroyed; the only remaining one is kept in Eskişehir in the Tülomsaş company , where it was built at the time.
In 2008 a movie was made about the making of Devrim.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ford Turkey - Otosan. In: website.webcenter.lycos.de. Archived from the original on February 21, 2008 ; accessed on January 11, 2015 .
- ^ H. Bahadir Akin and Haldun Turan: "A Comparative Analysis of Information Technology, Internet and Buyer - Supplier Relationships in the Turkish Automotive Industry", in: Charles Harvie / Boon-Chye Lee (eds.), SMEs in a global economy. Sustaining SME Innovation, Competitiveness and Development in the Global Economy. Proceedings , Wollongong 2002, pp. 7-23.
