The Turkish home textile industry has a big role in the strength of the Turkish economy. It also has an outstanding role in world trade and capacity to meet the high standards of
all sophisticated consumers. From Europe and Americas to China, Turkey sells a broad range of home textile products at different qualities depending on demands and markets. Almost all kinds of home textiles are produced in Turkey and may be listed by export value as towels, bed sheets, bed spreads, curtains, blankets, pillows, quilts, cushions,
eiderdowns, table linens, tulle, lace, gobelin, flander, aubusson, wall hangings and sleeping bags.
The industry is one of the world leaders with its wide range of products and superior quality in home textile production, especially in the production of towels, bed sheets and covers, curtains, tulle, embroidery, guipure and quilt covers
Turkey has the largest machine park for the production of both embroidery and guipure in the world. Europe’s largest factory producing quilt covers is in Turkey. The Turkish home textile industry has also acquired the latest technology with a high production capacity, a highly skilled labor pool, and design and fashion capabilities. In addition, the industry has managed to reduce the cost of production below the world average while it has increased the quality of its products. Therefore, with a huge production capacity, high quality and strong competitiveness, Turkey was among the world’s top three suppliers of towels, bed sheets, bedspreads and curtains in 2011. In the same way, Turkey was the second largest supplier of EU in towels, bed sheets, table clothes, bedspreads and curtains in 2011.
In Turkey, the towel sector has traditional roots and its towels are known as “Turkish Towels” worldwide. Today the Turkish towel sector has competitive power in international markets in terms of jacquard and embroidery technologies.
Lace, which is commonly used in many textile applications, especially in home textiles, is originally a Turkish handicraft. It is an embroidery art reaching back to the mid 1500s and crowned by the labor of Turkish women.
It is an outstanding handicraft with its traditional taste and motifs in different colors and lines, which are now reflected in modern home decoration. Turkish home textile producers are mainly located in Istanbul, Denizli, Bursa, Tekirdag, Izmir, Gaziantep, Kayseri and Usak. Towel and bathrobe producers are concentrated in Denizli and Bursa, voile producers in Istanbul and Bursa, and blanket producers in Usak. Many of the producers in these cities have integrated their production process from yarn and fabric production to product design, dying, finishing and sewing in order to obtain the best quality in every stage of production. Denizli is the manufacturing center of toweling sector city is mostly concentrated on toweling sector. 187 companies in Denizli manufacture cotton towels and bathrobes. Such a manufacturing facility on one product group in the same area is a success story and a good example of the cluster development. In Denizli, towels and bathrobes are manufactured from Aegean cotton which is the finest cotton in the world. These towels and bathrobes are well known throughout the world with their extraordinary softness, absorbency and warmth.
