\u30fbDAILY SABAH \u300cVolkswagen drops plans for new plant in Turkey, citing pandemic\u300d<\/p>\n
Merhaba! I am Shun Yoshida from Tokyo Consulting Firm Turkey Office.<\/p>\n
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This week I would like to mention information on \u201cAbort of VW\u2019s Turkey Factory Plans due to COVID-19\u201c.<\/p>\n
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On July 1st, Volkswagen (hereinafter referred as VW), one of the biggest German automakers, announced official suspension for building a new car factory in Turkey due to the widespread of COVID-19. VW was planning to manufacture the new car plant in Manisa close to \u0130zmir on the western coast of Turkey. The aforesaid project has been put on ice in the wake of international criticism about Turkey\u2019s military operations in North-Eastern Syria, so-called \u201cOperation Peace Spring\u201d. Turkey factory was supposed to expect an annual production capacity of 300,000 units with investing 1.3 billion Euro.<\/p>\n
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Mr. Christoph Ludewig, VW spokesman, explained the reason for the abort as follows.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe background is that the coronavirus pandemic has had an impact on car markets and the situation is a different one from pre-corona.\u201d<\/p>\n
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