Presidential Investment Office Pushes Battery and Light Commercial Vehicle Production in Izmir: Karluna’s Move to Serial Manufacturing

Presidential Investment and Finance Office head Dağlıoğlu toured Karluna's R&D and pre‑serial production facility in the Izmir Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone, gathering critical insights on battery technology and light commercial vehicle development.

Strategic Dialogue in Izmir’s Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone

During the meeting with Chairman Mustafa Karabağlı and Executive Chairman Mert Karabağlı, Dağlıoğlu discussed the current state and future roadmap of battery integration and production processes.

■Battery technology: Plans to upscale local lithium‑ion cell production.

■R&D: The project, once in the research phase a year ago, is now in the final testing stage before serial production.

■Collaboration: Government‑backed financing and tax incentives will bolster the project's scalability.

"Pratik" Light Commercial Vehicle and Golf Model: Transition to Serial Production

Dağlıoğlu test‑drove the “Pratik” light commercial vehicle and learned that testing for the upcoming golf‑segment model is complete.

■Test outcomes: All safety and performance benchmarks met.

■Certification: Near‑completion; the vehicles are moving toward license‑plate installation.

■Market ambition: Targeting a 15% market share in Turkey and Europe by 2025.

Support for Agricultural Cooperatives in Tire Organized Industrial Zone

The visit also included Tire Milk Cooperative's milk and meat processing facilities; cooperative president Osman Öztürk outlined modernization and capacity‑expansion plans.

■Investment amount: Approximately 15 million TRY for new equipment.

■Employment: Creation of 200 new jobs projected.

■Sustainability: Implementation of wastewater treatment and energy‑efficiency projects.

Fatih Kılıç – Lead Data Scientist, Economic Indicators: The Presidential Investment Office’s outreach underscores Turkey’s strategy to reduce reliance on imports by bolstering domestic battery and light‑vehicle production. Coupled with positive signals from NFP and ISM employment data, such industrial investments can generate a short‑term uplift in equity liquidity and, over the medium term, a measurable boost in export potential.