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.

Economic pressures hit TYH Tekstil: 7 factories shut down

TYH Tekstil, a 26-year-old Turkish apparel manufacturer, has downsized due to economic difficulties. Producing for global fashion giants such as Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, and...

Fashion for Good project set to boost commercial use of recycled cotton

Fashion for Good has announced the Cotton Reloop Matrix project to drive the adoption of recycled cotton. The project aims to build a data-driven...

Recover One range eliminates overdyeing

Recover™, one of the leading materials science companies and large-scale producer of recycled cotton, has launched Recover™ One, a new fiber blend range made...

Monforts Technology Centre brings new textile ideas into production

Textile finishing technology specialist Monforts is supporting customers in transferring new products and processes from the laboratory stage to industrial production through its Advanced...

How does the “magic t-shirt” stay clean without being washed for over 30 days?

US-based textile brand HercLéon has captured the functional fabrics spotlight with the fifth iteration of its flagship t-shirt, the HercShirt V5.0. Officially launched for...

Rethinking Textiles | 4 The Social Anatomy of Fashion: From the Consuming Human to the Consumed Human

How many people live in a wardrobe? When we open a wardrobe, we see only clothes: shirts, trousers, dresses, coats… Yet behind every piece lies...

An era ends for Türkiye’s denim industry: 73-Year-Old textile giant Orta Anadolu halts production

Orta Anadolu Ticaret ve Sanayi İşletmesi T.A.Ş., a 73-year-old company with deep roots in the Turkish textile and denim industry, has announced its decision...

Smart textiles: How many shapes can a fabric remember?

From heart rate monitoring t-shirts to motion-tracking athletic wear, smart textiles are becoming increasingly common. Now, researchers want to give fabrics a new feature:...

Syria as a new production hub: Opportunities, risks, and realities for the Turkish textile industry

The end of the Baath regime and the subsequent reshaping of the regional political landscape have kicked off a new era for the Turkish...

New era for Turkish textile industry: IRIS system goes live

The new “Implementation Circular on Textile Facilities”, prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change to enhance environmental performance in the textile...

Rise of e-textiles brings e-waste risks into focus

Equipped with sensors, conductive yarns, batteries and microchips, e-textiles (electronic textiles) are opening up new application possibilities ranging from health monitoring and sports performance...

TGSD sends letter to the Presidency: “A Call for Reindustrialization”

The Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (TGSD), in a letter dated July 24 titled “A Call for Reindustrialization” and addressed to Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz...

Why SA8000 matters for the textile industry and its workers

The SA8000 Social Standard, developed by Social Accountability International (SAI), has provided a framework since 1997 for organizations across all industries and countries to...

Textile and apparel companies’ share in the ISO 1000 fell to 10.4 percent

The decline of the textile and apparel industry was reflected in the 2025 ISO 500 and ISO Second 500 rankings of Türkiye's largest industrial...

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