OTEP Story
 The efforts to establish “Automotive Technology Platform” (OTEP) were initiated in the workshops carried out in the halls of TÜBİTAK-TÜSSİDE on March 9th-10th, 2007 and completed on October 1st, 2008 with the adoption of İŞBAP project submitted to TÜBİTAK.

 OTEP was established to unite the institutions which are directly or indirectly related with the Automotive Industry and producing technology, conducting or supporting R&D activities around a common platform, to increase the R&D capacity of the Automotive Industry by creating synergy, and to determine and take the necessary steps for maintaining the long-term competitiveness of Turkey in automotive industry in the light of a common wisdom.
 
 Currently, the platform has 28 members comprising the Main and the Supplier Institutions of the Automotive Industry, Engineering Companies, Associations, Universities and Research Centers.


OTEP Key Values
 Vision: “To make the infrastructure of the R&D and Innovation regarding the Turkish Automotive Industry competitive in the international arena”

 Mission: “To make policies and build cooperation for the development of R&D and Innovation”

 Aim: “To create added value by coordinating the regional, national and European scale activities in order to stimulate investment incentives for research and innovation and create an innovative economy in terms of technology”;
Objectives: “To determine the necessary technology strategies and road maps for the development of the National R&D and Innovation competence; to specify the automotive technology policies and common R&D cooperation fields; to develop regional, national and international R&D projects and ensure coordination within the academic, scientific and industrial institutions and organizations operating in this field”.


The Automotive Sector Technology Vision determined in the first workshop of OTEP is:
“To authentically develop and implement technologies of high added value for meeting the global transportation requirements and expectations in order to obtain a globally sustainable and competitive Automotive Industry which provides innovative, environmentalist, efficient and contemporary transportation systems and platform solutions.”
At the first stage, preparation of the documents for the “Turkish Automotive Industry Vision and Strategic Research Agenda for 2023” was initiated by the working groups created within the platform.

Four working groups were established in order to determine the Vision and build the Strategic Research Plan. These are:
 Mobility, Transportation & Infrastructure
 Environment, Energy & Resources
 Safety
 Design & Production Systems

In addition to these four working groups,
 Electrical Vehicles Special Research working group was established.

OTEP Working Group Visions