Enter Turkey! Tesla plans to launch all four models in Turkey this year

According to a number of Turkish media reports, Tesla plans to launch its automotive product line in Turkey this year in a coordinated and orderly manner.

After visiting Turkey in 2017, Elon Musk met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The conference was productive and full of potential business deals, including Tesla and SpaceX. Erdogan once said that he and Musk "discussed cooperation between Turkish public and private sector institutions and companies in different fields, especially in space technology." ”

Nearly five years after the two first met, Turkish news outlet Daily Sabah reported that Tesla was planning to restructure its company's positions in Turkey and coordinate the launch of model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y in the country. Tesla plans to open sales offices and showrooms in Istanbul early in the process and then expand to other regions and provinces, the report said.

There is several pieces of evidence that Tesla may be arriving in Turkey.

First, Tesla has officially appointed Emir Tuncyurek as the operations manager for the launch, a position he will likely hold when he was hired in November. On LinkedIn, Tuncyurek wrote a post explaining what he would be responsible for in his new role: "Proud sharing! I will continue my journey, starting with a passion for electric cars in 2014, taking charge of Tesla's operations to make Tesla officially established in Turkey. ”

Musk also recently appointed Kemal Geer as head of Tesla's Turkey branch, which increased the company's capital by $3.72 million. In addition, Tesla has added several Turkish locations to its Supercharger map. However, none of the Supercharger stations are currently active, and all Of them are marked with "Target Open Day Expectation Confirmation". Tesla lists ten Turkish supercharger stations, including Ankara, Antalya, Aiden, Balekshire, Bursa, Edirne, Hendek, Istanbul, Izmir and Konya. Each location is listed as Coming Soon.