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Turkish President Unveils 1st Domestically Produced $3.7 Billion Electric Car

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Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically-produced car on Friday, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost 22 billion lira ($3.7 billion) over 13 years. The project has been a long-time goal of President Tayyip Erdogan as a demonstration of the country's growing economic power. The SUV will be the first car to be certified 'Made in Turkey'.