Turkey's indigenous car presented to the public ISTANBUL The prototype of Turkey's first indigenous electric car was unveiled on Dec. 26. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked the creators of the prototype, "a professional team focused only on the task." "Today we witness Turkey's 60-year-old dream come true," Erdoğan said at a ceremony held in Kocaeli's Gebze district. "Our dream was to have a car produced by national technologies that will make a name for us in the world. We were looking for 'Bravehearts' to do this, and now we have them," he added. Erdoğan said that the factory will be built on a 1-million-square-meter land that belongs to the Turkish military in Bursa's Gemlik district. "Today I'm the first person to place a pre-order for Turkey's car," he added. Erdoğan stressed Turkey will deter all efforts to hinder the production of its own car. “They managed to hinde