ANKARA 

Turkey will own the intellectual and industrial property rights of its first indigenous car, the Turkish industry and technology minister said on Thursday.

The car prototype will be unveiled on Friday in the industrial province of Kocaeli, Mustafa Varank noted.

“With this ceremony, we will also open officially the Gebze Information IT Valley, which will be the technology base of our country,” the minister said.

He said that with the prototype, Turkey will achieve its two targets — owning a global brand and creating a billion-dollar enterprise.

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