The effect of national income increase rate in Turkey to expantion of automotive industry

The automotive industry is regarded as the locomotive sector in the countries' economies due to its close relationship with more than one industry. At our study, birth of automotive industry, developments in automotive industry in the world, the historical development of the automotive industry in Turkey, export, import and employment values are emphasized, national income and the concepts related to national income are defined and and the relationship between national income and the automotive industry is umderlined. The aim of this study is to observe the effect of the increase in national income, which is one of the important issues in the growth of the automotive industry, by determining the rate of national income increase and automotive production data, which are proportional to the national income to ecomomy. The rate of economic growth affects the growth of the industry, its technological efficiency, in the same way the development of the automotive industry affects economic growth. In this context, the analysis done at study is aim to examine the interrelation between national income increase rate and growth of automotive industry. In this study on Turkey, national income increase rate data is taken by TUİK, automotive industry data is collected from TCMB Elektronik Veri Dağıtım Sistemi (EVDS) and Otomotiv Sanayi Derneği (OSD) bulletin. Data are analysed with E-views 8 program. KEY WORDS: National Income, Automotive Industry, Growth