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.[1][2] It was established in the mid-1970s.[3]
Its investment and marketing company, Ostim Endustriyel Yatirimlar ve Isletme AS, founded in 1998, is quoted on the
Istanbul Stock Exchange (as OSTIM).[4][5]
^"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