Number of cars in Turkey exceeds 20 million

ANKARA

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The number of vehicles registered on the roads in Turkey surpassed 20 million in January 2015, according to data revealed by the official Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜIK) on March 10.

A total of 110,000 vehicles were registered in January, including both old and new models, TÜİK data showed.

The average age of vehicles on Turkey’s roads rose to 12.7 years in 2015, from 12.5 years in 2014. 

Cars made up 53 percent of the total number of vehicles, small trucks constituted 16.3 percent, motorcycles 14.6 percent, tractors 8.5 percent, trucks 4 percent, minibuses 2.3 percent, buses 1.1 percent, and special purpose vehicles 0.2 percent.