Ahmet Öksüz, Chairman of the Board of the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association (İTHİB), emphasized in his speech at the 2025 Successful Exporters Award Ceremony that the global slowdown, logistics challenges, and disruptions in supply chains have once again highlighted the importance of domestic production. Pointing out that protecting the sector against unfair competition has now become critical, he stated that protecting the textile industry—one of Türkiye's key industrial backbones—is not a choice but a necessity.
Öksüz noted that despite the contraction in the European Union, the sector’s largest export market, they are striving to maintain market share, while also achieving significant momentum...
Textile Exchange has published the final criteria for its Materials Matter Standard—a major milestone in the organization’s multi-year transition toward a unified, impact-driven standards...
Sustainability Talks Istanbul will bring together stakeholders from across the textile sector for the sixth time, uniting them around the theme of sustainability. The...
On the occasion of the Première Vision trade fair held on September 16-18, in Villepinte, the leading European textile and apparel federations issued a...
TGSD (Turkish Apparel Manufacturers Association) posted a written statement briefly summarizing the Climate Law, which came into effect on July 9, 2025, specifically for...
A new guide by Textile Exchange will help brands, producers, and other stakeholders make effective and credible claims about their work supporting regenerative agriculture....
Today, investments in solar panels continue to increase worldwide, including in Türkiye, as part of the transition to green energy in industrial production. While...
One of the most basic building blocks of ancient cultures living intertwined with nature is, in modern parlance, circularity. The fertility of the fertile...
Fibre fragmentation is a significant topic of concern across the industry as a potential threat to ecosystems and human health. Any processed fibrous material...
Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik have announced their cooperation to promote the chemical recycling of commonly used Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), waste. Both companies are committed...
NIST Database, called “NIR-SORT”, containing the molecular “fingerprints” of different kinds of fabrics, will enable more rapid and efficient sorting of textiles and clothing....
