Prime Minister Ünal Üstel: “GÜNSEL, developed by the Near East University with its own means, in our country; As the government, we will do the necessary work to ensure that it opens to the world.”
Prime Minister Ünal Üstel and the Council of Ministers visited the TRNC’s domestic car, GÜNSEL, and got information about the mass production activities and future plans. Members of the Council of Ministers; before the meeting, the GÜNSEL B9s, which were converted into office vehicles, also took a test drive.
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ünal Üstel and the Council of Ministers visited the TRNC’s domestic car GÜNSEL and got information about mass production activities and future plans.
Founding Rector of the Near East Incorporation Dr. Suat Günsel and the Near East Organization Board of Trustees and GÜNSEL Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel welcomed Prime Minister Ünal Üstel; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu; Minister of Public Works and Transport Erhan Arıklı; Minister of Economy and Energy Olgun Amcaoğlu; Minister of Interior Ziya Öztürkler; Minister of National Education Nazım Çavuşoğlu; Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources Dursun Oğuz; Minister of Health Monitoring Gürçağ was accompanied by Minister of Labor and Social Security Hasan Taçoy.
After the test drive with GÜNSEL B9s converted into official vehicles, the Board of Trustees of the Near East Formation and GÜNSEL Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel, gave a detailed presentation to the Prime Minister and the ministers, explaining the studies carried out at GÜNSEL, preparations for mass production, future projections and the contribution of GÜNSEL to the country’s economy.
After the test drive and information meeting, Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, Founding Rector of the Near East Incorporation Dr. Suat Günsel and the Near East Organization Board of Trustees and GÜNSEL Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel made statements.
Prime Minister Ünal Üstel:
“GÜNSEL, developed by the Near East University with its own means, in our country; As the government, we will do the necessary work to ensure that it opens to the world.”
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ünal Üstel, who visited the GÜNSEL production facilities on the Near East University campus, accompanied by the ministers, took a test drive and received information about the mass production activities, said, “I consider this day to be a day of good luck and pride.
GÜNSEL is a very important project that shows where we have come from what we went through before 1974. We will bring a work of which we are proud to the world markets. What painful days we had before 1974. Today, we are crowning our freedom, which we gained with the support of our motherland Turkey, with a project like GÜNSEL. That’s why today is our proud day.”
Emphasizing that the TRNC economy will undergo a significant transformation with the export revenue to be provided by GÜNSEL’s production. Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said, “If there is no production in the country, we cannot prove ourselves to the world. The pandemic period once again showed how fragile the economies of non-producing countries are.
GÜNSEL, developed by the Near East University in our country with its own means; as the government, we will do the necessary work to ensure that it opens to the world. That’s why we’re here with all my teammates.”
Saying that he liked the driving comfort and performance of the GÜNSEL B9 very much, Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said, “I hope we will turn all office vehicles into GÜNSEL in the future.”
Prime Minister Üstel said, “The person who brought this project to life, especially Dr. Suat Günsel and Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel. I would also like to thank the entire team of designers and engineers. He ended his speech with the words “Our future will be much better”.
Dr. Suat Günsel:
“The determination that will enable us to implement GÜNSEL on these lands for the benefit of our country will take its source from our state and our people’s ownership of GÜNSEL.”
Emphasizing that GÜNSEL originally belongs to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot people, Near East University Founding Rector Dr. Suat Günsel said, “The most important step to be taken for GÜNSEL, which will carry our country to the future, is the embracement of this project by our state and our people.”
Saying “We will produce GÜNSEL”, Dr. Suat GÜNSEL said, “Two-thirds of the value created by the electric car consists of software and battery technology. We developed these requirements with our own engineers and designers.
With the increase in production numbers, many of our suppliers will come to our country and invest. In addition, our local entrepreneurs who will invest in this field will also turn into industrialists. That is why GÜNSEL is local and national.”
Emphasizing that last week President Ersin Tatar and this week Prime Minister Ünal Üstel and the council of ministers came to GÜNSEL and showed that they support this project that will carry the country to the future.
Suat Günsel said, “The determination that will enable us to realize this value for the benefit of our country in these lands will take its source from our state and our people’s embrace of GÜNSEL. We want to take root in this land and we are working to make the existence of the Turkish Cypriot people in this land permanent.”
Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel:
“The year 2029 will be the turning point of our country’s economy, with the increase in the production numbers of our GÜNSEL, which we will put into mass production in 18 months.”
Making a detailed presentation to Prime Minister Ünal Üstel and the Council of Ministers on the preparations for mass production of GÜNSEL, the national car of the TRNC, its future projections and its contribution to the country’s economy.
The Near East Formation Board of Trustees and GÜNSEL Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel shared his production and income projections and said, “The year 2029 will be the turning point of our country’s economy with the increase in the production numbers of our GÜNSEL, which we will put into mass production in 18 months.
Our country, which has a foreign trade deficit of approximately 1.4 billion dollars every year between 2015 and 2020, will reach the position of a country with a foreign trade surplus for the first time in 2029, with the export income to be generated by GÜNSEL.
Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel, with teams of more than 300 people who developed the first two models of GÜNSEL B9 and J9; Stating that they have realized projects on engineering, software, prototyping and battery technologies.
He said, “This means that our Northern Cyprus is to the giants of the world; He now develops projects in high-tech fields”.
