About Otokar

About Us Heritage

1963

Official foundation of Otokar

1964

First intercity busses and first frigorific trailers of Turkey manufactured

1966

Toll manufacturing of Land Rover

1968

Apollo

1969

Manufacturing of minibuses for public transportation
Name change to "Otobüs Karoseri Sanayi ve Turizm İşletmeleri A.Ş."

1976

Otokar becomes a member of Koç Group

1983

First armored money transportation vehicle of Turkey

1984

Name change to “Otokar Otobüs Karoseri Sanayi A.Ş.”

1985

Municipality public buses in length of 12 meters
First computer aided design works in automotive industry

1987

Manufacturing of tactical wheeled vehicles under the license of Land Rover Defender

1989

Manufacturing of the first tactical armored wheeled vehicle of Turkey: Otokar APV

1990

Joining of Akrep armored tactical vehicles of the product family

1993

First tactical armored vehicle exportation of Turkey and the "New Export Item Award" from the Under Secretariat of Foreign Trade

1995

Public offering

1997

Move to the plant in Sakarya; planning for manufacturing of Cobra

1998

Award of contract for 5250 pcs. tactical wheeled vehicles by the Turkish Armed Forces

2002

Merger with İstanbul Fruehauf A.Ş.
The first aluminum tanker semi-trailer with ADR certificate of Turkey
Manufacturing of midi bus Sultan

2003

Manufacturing of the first tanker with ADR certificate of Turkey

2004

Unification of R&D and engineering works of Otokar under the roof of "R&D Center"
First exportation of Sultan brand midi buses

2005

Armored Internal Security Vehicle

2007

Doruk brand medium size bus
The first hybrid bus of Turkey

2008

Selection of Otokar as the main contractor for the National Battle Tank Manufacturing Project
Acquisition of the land and equipment of Otoyol manufacturing plant

2009

KAYA brand Mine Resistant Armored Vehicle
KENT brand 12-meter in-city busses and M2010 minibuses
Awards to Doruk brand medium size bus: Design Turkey Award, Busworld Kortrijk Grand Award
Order of the Under Secretariat of Defense Industry for 861 pcs Tactical Wheeled Vehicles

2010

ARMA brand 6x6 armored combat vehicle and two export orders
The best-selling bus brand of Turkey

2011

Special Jury Award in KENT European Coach Week
ARMA brand 8x8 armored combat vehicle
First model of Altay in actual dimensions
Establishment of Otokar Europe

2012

Opening of Otokar Tank Testing Center
First electric bus of Turkey
Presentation of the first prototype of Altay
Winning the bus procurement tender of the Istanbul Municipality

2013

Manufacturing of Tulpar tracked armoured vehicles.
Manufacturing of Atlas brand trucks

2014

Being named the “Most Successful R&D Centre” in automotive industry, accreditation of Otokar EMC/EMI Test Centre.
ISO 10002 certification for customer satisfaction.

2015

Leader bus brand in Turkey for the sixth censecutive year
Kent Articulated Bus
Tulpar S Tracked Armoured Combat Vehicle

2016

Submiting the offer to SSM for the serial production of Altay Main Battle Tank.
Exporting the technology and licence of Navigo buses. The Smart Bus, developed under the CoMoSeF programme.
Establishing Otokar Land Systems Limited in the United Arab Emirates.

2017

Signing a contract with the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces for the 8x8 armoured vehicles by Al Jasoor, the Joint Venture company of Otokar Land Systems.
Sultan series vehicles updated, Sultan LF added to the city bus range.
Doruk T received a faced lift and was introduced to the European market as Ulyso T.
Tulpar-S personnel carrier variant added to product range.
Activities launched to shift in focus toward Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution.

2018

Serial production of 8x8 armored vehicles started at the Otokar plant and the first batch was delivered.
Otokar signed a deal for 400 buses with the Bucharest Municipality, the largest export deal for a single item by a Turkish bus brand, and started delivering the buses.
Otokar established a company titled Otokar Europe Filiala Bucuresti S.R.L. to manage its export operations in Romania.
Otokar is included in the BIST Sustainability Index for the fourth consecutive time.
With the international Appstacle project, in which Otokar and Koç Sistem participate as project partners, development of a cloud-based smart vehicle app that will become a benchmark in next generation automotive standards is ongoing.
Otokar mobile app developed for commercial vehicle users was also launched.

2019

AKREP IIe Turkey's first Electric Armoured Vehicle added to product range.
Kent Electra, 12-meter full-electric city bus added to the city bus range.
Otokar subsidiary, Otokar Central Asia founded in Kazakhstan.
Delivery of 400 Kent buses to Bucharest Municipality completed.
Otokar is included in the BIST Sustainability Index for the fifth consecutive time.
Otokar continued to be Turkey’s most preferred brand in its own segments.

2020

Otokar and IVECO BUS signed production agreement
Otokar won the tender for 304 buses to serve the people of İzmir
First Otokar ARMA 8x8 order from Africa
Otokar's ‘Safe Bus’ that reduces the infection risk of Covid-19 hit the roads

2021

Otokar won the bus procurement tender for BRT lines in Istanbul
BIG SEE Awards 2021 and European Product Design Award prizes to Territo bus
Manufacturing of COBRA II MRAP and diesel-powered Akrep IId
Delivery of 400 8x8 armored vehicles
Autonomous bus manufacturing

2022

Electric bus family expanded with two new vehicles
German Design Award 2023 prize to Territo U and Big See Award 2022 prizes to e-Kent and the Articulated Kent C BRT version
Receiving “Environment Award” of the "the 28th Şahabettin Bilgisu Environment Awards
Otokar delivered the metrobuses to be put into operation at the bus rapid transit route in Istanbul
Otokar Atlas family expanded in the 12-ton segment with ATLAS 3D
Being deemed worthy of an award in the category of Türkiye's Best Employers in the Great Place To Work 2022 research
Otokar received orders from two operators for a total of 148 buses as part of the framework agreements signed with Consip

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