The OSTIM Industrial Zone (Ortadoğu Sanayi ve Ticaret Merkezi, OSTİM) is a large industrial park in Ankara, Turkey aimed at Small and medium enterprises (SMEs). With around 5000 companies in eight main sectors and 50,000 employees over an area of 5 million square metres, it is Turkey's largest industrial production area.OECD 2011, An analysis of SME training and skills development: local case study from Turkeytccb.gov.tr, 10 July 2009, Turkish industrials say yes to President Gül's request to develop mine clearing equipment It was established in the mid-1970s."Small Employers in Turkey: The OSTIM Estate at Ankara", Theo Nichols and Nadir Sugur, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 230-252
Its investment and marketing company, Ostim Endustriyel Yatirimlar ve Isletme AS, founded in 1998, is quoted on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (as OSTIM).Financial Times, Ostim Endustriyel Yatirimlar ve Isletme ASOstim Investment Inc, Organization Profile
See also Economy of Ankara
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