Despite an overall contraction in the Turkish auto market in the first seven months of 2026, the total share of electric and hybrid vehicles has risen further to account for more than half of the sales, driven particularly by strong interest in hybrids, according to a report on Wednesday.
In Türkiye, electric and hybrid cars accounted for 51.7% of the total market with 259,970 sales in the January-July period, data compiled from the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association (ODMD) revealed.
Overall, car sales decreased by 12.14% year-over-year to 502,712 in the January-July period, while light commercial vehicle sales dropped by 5.05% to 136,253.
In this period, 208,046 gasoline-powered and 165,924 hybrid cars were sold. Diesel car sales stood at 30,790, and the number of autogas (LPG) car sales was 3,906, respectively.
The sales of fully electric cars were, meanwhile, recorded at 93,403 units.
