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We Have Seen Many Crises…

Article Writer: Karat Medya Editor-in-Chief Murat Arslan Source: Garment News Issue 2 We are all aware that the textile and ready-to-wear sector is going through one of the most difficult years in its history in 2023 due to the recession in the world, increasing costs in Turkey and the exchange rate under inflation. Many organizations […]

Textile Sector in Turkey: Promising Trends and Strategies

Article Author: Musa Timbek – Corporate Technical Consultant What you need to increase your competitiveness is much more than a story. We can express these as a stable stance, a dedicated work and a sustainable strategy. The Turkish textile industry should focus on technology adaptation, sustainability and opening up to global markets for future success. […]

Women’s Clothing Fashion in the Century of Turkey

In the centuries until the Tanzimat proclamation, there was not a radical change in Ottoman women’s clothing. European fashion entered the Ottoman lands with imported fabrics. When Paris became the center of fashion, the ladies of the palace also chose fabrics from there. First adopting the Western style with fabrics and ornaments, the ladies of […]

ITHIB President Ahmet Öksüz Special Interview for Garment News

Ahmet Öksüz “As Textile and Ready-to-Wear, We Are the Sectors That Provide the Most Foreign Currency Inflow” Stating that we live in the homeland of the world textile industry, ITHIB President Ahmet Öksüz said: “Textile is integrated into all the parts of our geography and culture. Turkey’s overall exports get 1 percent share from world […]

50 Million Euro Investment from Hascevher Tekstil to Niğde

Established in Kahramanmaraş in 2006, Hascevher Tekstil has built a 50 million Euro ring spinning factory in Bor district of Niğde. Hascevher Tekstil Board Member İsmail Dinçer said that the factory is the largest industrial facility ever built in Bor district, that they will employ 300 people in the first stage, and that they will […]

AHKIB President Gürkan Tekin: “Turkey Needs to Reduce Production Costs”

Gürkan Tekin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AHKİB, said, “In order for Turkey to regain its competitiveness in the ready-to-wear sector, a new road map needs to be determined together with the public administration. Turkey needs to reduce production costs in order to compete with Far East countries.” Gürkan Tekin, Chairman of the […]

Textile Sector will Increase Both Efficiency and R&D by “Clustering”

Within the scope of the “Clustering Support Program” of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, efforts have intensified both to ensure the green transformation of companies in the textile sector and to increase their compliance with the EU Green Deal and carbon regulation at the border. “Green and Digital Textile Ecosystem Cluster” is being established […]

The New Method of Adding Value is Digitalization

In order to gain influence over the global economy and value chains, nations seeking to leverage the transformation brought about by new generation technologies are putting technology and the creation of digital economic value at the core of their strategies and visions. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated 70% of the new added […]

Maritaş Denim Harvested the First Regenerative Cotton in the Harran Plain

Maritaş Denim Deputy General Manager Fatih Kesim, who produces with a team of 520 people and a fabric capacity of 24 million meters per year in fully integrated production facilities from yarn to weaving, stated that they aim to gradually increase the share of cotton obtained through regenerative agriculture in total fabric production. Maritaş Denim, […]

Uzunoğlu: “We Will Keep Working Until We Become a World Brand”

Denizli-based Egem Tekstil processes Organic Turkish Aegean Cotton in its facility with the most advanced machines of modern technology. Transferring more than twenty years of industry experience to the Ecocotton brand, Egem Tekstil takes its place in our living spaces with bed linen sets, bedspreads and many other home textile products. We had a conversation […]