Yağmur Melis Şimşek

Yağmur Melis Şimşek studied at Saint-Benoît French High School and then completed the two-year Photography Program at Anadolu University. Later, she continued her undergraduate education in the Department of Journalism at Istanbul University, and after her graduation, she began her career in 2017. Şimşek worked in various positions such as content and news writer in the field of technology as well as photographer and graphic designer in many different projects. She has been working as an Editor in Textilegence since 2021.

EU ban on destruction of unsold apparel and footwear starts for large companies in July 2026

New measures under the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear, will apply...

President Şişman: “Flame-retardant fabrics should be made mandatory in public spaces”

The Turkish technical textiles sector, which demonstrated a strong presence at Techtextil Frankfurt 2026 with 66 companies, attracted international attention with its innovative products....

Clean Clothes Campaign sues Levi’s over misleading advertisements

Together with a group of individual Levi’s consumers, the Netherlands-based foundation Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) has launched a court case against Levi's on 14...

New presidents of textile and apparel exporters’ associations emphasize “unity”

Leadership of the textile and apparel exporters’ associations has passed to new names. Emphasizing Türkiye’s strength and strategic importance in textiles and apparel, the...

Will “Genetically Enhanced” Turkish Cotton replace GMO-Free Turkish Cotton?

Türkiye, one of the few countries producing GMO free cotton alongside Greece and Spain, has successfully branded this unique position globally through the sustainable...

Sun Tekstil targets a 5 million dollar investment for the U.S. market

Amid rising risks in global trade in recent years, which have made long supply chains more fragile, Sun Tekstil has joined among the companies...

“Good Cotton,” “Bad Plastic”: Are the labels attached to raw materials really justified?

What if we were to say that without plastic, airplanes wouldn’t be able to fly, cars wouldn’t run, and even artificial intelligence wouldn’t exist?...

iNTERSPARE at Techtextil 2026 with its latest finishing solutions

iNTERSPARE Textilmaschinen GmbH will welcome its visitors at Techtextil 2026 in Frankfurt to present its latest solutions for technical textile finishing. At the VDMA...

Chairman Öksüz: “Protecting the textile industry is not a choice, but a necessity”

Ahmet Öksüz, Chairman of the Board of the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association (İTHİB), emphasized in his speech at the 2025 Successful...

Textile 2026: FESPA expands its reach with new exhibition

For more than 60 years, FESPA has brought together screen and, later, digital printers for companies producing textiles for fashion, sportswear, soft signage, and...

Turkish textile industry on track: US exports rise

Aiming to expand its textile exports to the US, the Turkish textile industry drew attention with rising growth rates in the US in the...

A cooling touch for cellulose-based fibers: fresh2SKIN

Outlast Technologies has expanded its fresh2SKIN® cooling technology to cellulose-based fibers such as cotton and viscose, enabling the integration of cooling functionality into natural...

The darkness in the colours: plastic not a must anymore

Sparxell, known as the world’s first 100% plant-based, high-performance, biodegradable colour platform, is featured in the Netflix's latest movie, The Plastic Detox, as a...

UNIFI combines luxury and high performance with Luxel

Luxel™ by UNIFI®, a specialist in recycled and synthetic yarns and the maker of REPREVE®, captures the natural look and feel of linen while...

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