Factories established by Atatürk, the founder of Turkey, in first 15 years of Republic
Thanks to factories founded by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in first 15 years of the republic, heavy industrial production increased by 152 percent between 1929-1938 while total industrial production increased by 80 percent.
Accordingly increases such as 100 percent in coal production, 600 percent in Chromium, 200 percent in other mines were witnessed while iron production increased from 0 to 180 thousand tons, sugar production increased 200 times. Sugar production, which started in 1926, increased from 5 thousand 162 tons to 95 thousand 192 tons between 1927 and 1930. The textile industry started to produce 80 percent of the country’s textile needs. Imports of textile products in 1927 were 51,000,000 Turkish liras and this figure fell to 11,900,000 Turkish lira in 1939. Between 1924 and 1929, the production of cotton products increased from 70 tons to 3,773 tons, wool from 400 tons to 763 tons, silk from 2 tons to 31 tons.
Below factories were built and put into operation in the first 15 years during which Turkey succeeded to realize one of the greatest development performances ever in history. To be even much more important, this great success was accomplished right after the war of independence which Turkey fought with very limited resources and declared its liberty as a brand new republic all tired and worn out. The young republic under the direction of Atatürk had the motivation and enthusiasm though, which changed everything – for the better obviously.
Today however we can see that many of these production facilities – very valuable assets of Turkey – have been privatized and sold by AK Party government (and some by previous governments). Many ask the question “Where has all the revenue cashed from this process gone?”. Many answer; “Buried into cement” – roads, bridges, cit hospitals etc.
1 – Ankara Fişek Factory (1924)
2-Gölcük Shipyard (1924))
3-Şakir Zümre Factory (1925))
4-Eskisehir Air Repair Shop (1925)
5-Alpullu Sugar Factory (1926)
7-Uşak Sugar Factory(1926)
8-Kırıkkale Ordnance Factory (1926)
9- Bünyan Weaving Factory (1927))
10-Eskisehir Tile Factory (1927)
11-Kırıkkale Power Plant And Steel Plant (1928)
12-Ankara Cement Factory (1928)
13 – Ankara Gas Plant (1929)
14 – Istanbul Automobile Assembly Plant (1929)
15-Kayaş Capsule Factory (1930))
16-Nuri Killigil Pistol, Mortar And Ammunition Factory (1930))
17-Kırıkkale Power Plant And Steel Plant (1931-Expanded)
18-Eskisehir Sugar Factory (1934)
19-Turhal Sugar Mills (1934)
20 – Konya Ereğli Cloth Factory(1934)
21-Bakırköy Cloth Factory (1934)
22 – Bursa Milk Factory (1934)
23-Izmit Paşabahçe Bottle And Glass Factory (1934 Groundbreaking)
24 – Zonguldak Anthracite Factory (1934 Groundbreaking)
25 – Zonguldak Coal Washing Plant (1934)
26-Keçiborlu Sulfur Factory (1934)
27-Isparta Rose Oil Factory (1934)
28-Ankara, Konya, Eskisehir And Sivas Wheat Silos (1934)
29-Paşabahçe Bottle And Glass Factory (1935-Completed)
30-Kayseri Cloth Factory (1934 Groundbreaking)
31-Nazilli Basma Factory (1935-Groundbreaking)
32-Bursa Merino Factory (1935 Groundbreaking)
33 – Gemlik Rayon Factory (1935 Groundbreaking)
34-Keçiborlu Sulphur Factory (1935))
35-Ankara Çubuk Dam (1936))
36 – Zonguldak Stone Coal Factory (1935)
37-Gunpowder, Rifle And Cannon Factory (1936))
38-Nuri Demirağ Aircraft Factory (1936-The First Turkish Aircraft Nud-36 Was Produced)
39-Malatya Cigarette Factory (1936)
40 – Bitlis Cigarette Factory (1936))
41 – Malatya Cloth Factory (1937 Groundbreaking-All Cloth And Weaving Factories Except This Factory Were Opened Under The Health Of Atatürk.)
42-Izmit Paper and Cardboard Factory (1934-Groundbreaking)
43-Karabük Iron And Steel Factory (1937-Groundbreaking)
44 – Divriği Iron Quarries (1938))
45-Izmir Chlorine Plant (1938-Groundbreaking)
46-Sivas Cement Factory (1938-Groundbreaking)
