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...
Türkiye, one of the few countries producing GMO free cotton alongside Greece and Spain, has successfully branded this unique position globally through the sustainable...
Textilegence continues to keep its finger on the pulse of the textile and printing industry. Despite significant overall losses recorded by the Turkish textile...
Despite ongoing global challenges, more than 23,100 organizations worldwide — including companies, cities, states, and regions — voluntarily disclosed their environmental data through CDP...
Energy costs represent a significant expense for the textile sector, a key driver of Türkiye’s exports. Currently ranked as the world’s fifth-largest producer in...
Turkish company Canapa, specialised in paper and printing technologies, has developed the first innovative and recyclable paper-based transfer paper for textile printing to replace...
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...
Itema established a strategic partnership with Ivy Decarb, the digital platform helping textile companies measure and reduce their carbon footprint. As one of the...
In its November–December 2025 issue, Textilegence once again keeps the pulse of the textile, fashion, and printing agenda. As we leave another year behind,...
Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has taken a significant step in Türkiye’s organic cotton sector by introducing the Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC), a practical...
