BMC (Turkey)

BMC is one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in Turkey.

It was formed in 1964 by Ergün Özakat in partnership with the British Motor Corporation (also known as BMC) in İzmir.

In 1989 the company was fully acquired by the Cukurova Holding of Turkey.

Partnership with British Motor Corporation

British Motor Corporation Austin and Morris vehicles were manufactured at BMC (Turkey) under licence during its early years. 1966 was the first year BMC started adding truck, light truck, tractor and engine production in its product line.

Other partnerships

In later years BMC evolved and developed other models with partnerships with other firms, and the successors of the British Motor Corporation (which became British Leyland).

First, the Leyland 30 was released into the market as the first full-size van.

In 1983, under a partnership with Volvo Trucks, BMC produced Yavuz series trucks, then Fatih trucks in cooperation with Cummins diesel engines.

Takeover

In 1989 the company was fully acquired by the Çukurova Group of Turkey. From that moment on, BMC started to produce its own indigenous product line which is independent from the other major manufacturers.

In 1996 BMC started the production of the Profesyonel series, which are produced in Turkey and (since 2004) under licence in Iran.

BMC also produces buses as part of the Belde series (since 1993) and Probus series.

Since 2000, BMC exports trucks and buses to numerous countries around the world. When exports to the United......
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