The U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon is set to open its first logistics center in Turkey in an effort to support local partners and businesses and to address customer demand that has been soaring recently.

Axar.az reports that the hub in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul is scheduled to be launched in the fall, a statement said Wednesday. Implemented through an investment of more than $100 million, the center plans to provide jobs to over 1,000 workers in the first year.

The company says it aims to support both domestic and export operations of its sales partners and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with this investment, which it says is being carried out to increase the quality and speed of service.

Amazon launched in Turkey back in 2018 and says it has created around 500 jobs to date.

The company has already started the recruitment processes for the core functions such as engineering, human resources, accounting, operations and information processing (IT) for the new logistics base to be set up in the Tuzla district on Istanbul’s Asian side.

Acquisitions for customer service and logistics teams are expected to start in the coming months, it said. Amazon also noted it would continue to work with partners who already provide delivery services.

Speaking about the investment, Ahmet Burak Daglioglu, the chairperson of Turkey’s Investment Office, said they had been working closely and supported the Amazon team both in the field and in bureaucratic processes.