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NEWS

Busworld Turkey 2022,

The Best Edition Ever

The 9th edition of Busworld Turkey,
organised by Busworld and its Turkish
partner, HKF Trade Fairs, was held for
three days, from 26 to 28 May 2022
in the Istanbul Expo Center. It was
Busworld’s first post-covid edition.

The ‘new normal’ turned out to be a very suc-
cessful new start for exhibitions in general and
Busworld Turkey specifically. In comparison to
the previous edition in March 2020, right before
the pandemic hit the fan, the 2022 show was
both bigger in size as well as in exhibitor and
visitor numbers. Also from a visual perspective
the show performed outstandingly, being a si-
ght for the eye with all these beautiful vehicles
and ditto booths. The show welcomed 11.043
visitors, with 10.252 Turkish visitors and 791
coming from abroad.

Electric Buses Rule

In total the exhibition counted 183 exhibitors, a growth of 43% ver-
sus 2020. The two halls (12.500 sqm) were packed with vehicles pre-
sented by the Turkish bus and coach builders Anadolu Isuzu, Karsan,
Otokar, BMC, Güleryüz, Mapar (showing Temsa), Ilesbus, Bur-Can,
Buskar, Erener, Erduman, Eşref Karoser, Gürsözler and Harputlu. For
the very first time, Busworld Turkey also welcomed IVECO BUS for
the relaunch of their brand in Turkey after 15 years.

Although some diesel buses could still be seen in the booths, the
shift towards electric buses was very obvious. Turkey itself might
not be ready yet for the electric vehicles era due to a lack of infrast-
ructure, but that does not stop Turkish manufacturers to produce
and export electric buses to the rest of the world.

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