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Turkish furniture industry
Nowadays, with all these prospects of the f urniture
indust ry, Turkey is among the most assuring f urniture
providers in the world.
Furniture production in Turkey goes back to the
nineteenth century and was done in small shops ascraftsman production. Even so, by the fast
globalisation and all other prospects, present furniture
indust ry is comely a f ashion sector.
In Turkey, f urniture is produced both in workshops and
indust rial-scale f abricating units. Furniture production is
extremely f ragmentised among a large number of small shops. These small workshops act an significant
f unction in producing hand carved and handmade f urniture. Workshops are f lexible establishments in
nature and have enough capacity and labour f orce to expand their production line in order to provide
large orders. Big furniture f irms produce standard models by applying automated mass- production
methods and most of their production is oriented towards exportation. According to inf ormation f rom
Turkish Stat istical Inst itute (TurkStat), in 2009 furniture production was realized as s ixty-f our billion
Turkish Liras.
In accordance with the recent General Census of Industry and Business Establishments (2008), the
f urniture sector employs one hundred f if ty,427 people and the industry has thirty-f our,438 companies
f abricating various f urniture. What is more, capacity data of The Union of Chambers of Commerce and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) reports f ort y companies who have over 250 employees and
155 companies who have over 100 employees. Also , Istanbul Chamber of Industrys list o f the top f ive
hundred industrial administ rations of Turkey lets in 6 f urniture companies. In accordance with the list ,
thes e 6 companies are; Boytas Mobilya, Merkez Celik, Merinos Hali Sanayi, Ist ikbal Mobilya, Major SKT
Oto Donanim and Teknik Malzeme.Furniture production in Turkey is centered primarily in Ist anbul, Ankara,
Bursa (Inegol), Kayseri, Izmir and Adana. The most significant f urniture production districts are Istanbul
and the region of Bolu-Duzce, which is celebrated f or its production o f wood products.
The long-familiar furniture-manufacturing district in Turkey, called Siteler, is placed in Ankara. The
number of registered small and medium sized enterprises in Siteler is over 10,000. In Ankara, there are
many laborintensive small enterprises f abricating classical-handmade f urniture and there are about 10
major f urniture producers who have massproduction potent ialities.
The wood indust ry is developing quickly in the Bursa-Inegol area, the third mos t significant f urniture
production area, which is bordered by timberland areas.
The furniture industry of the Inegol area is small sized but has great potency to ameliorate itself.
Additional signif icant f urniture region is Kayseri, which has big capacity f or the production of so f a beds ,
couch beds and 7 of the twenty two biggest producers of Turkey are accomplished here. Izmir also has a
f urniture production districts called Karabaglar and Kisikkoy which supply f urniture to the Aegean
Region.
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PRODUCTION
In Turkey, f urniture production may be classif ied according to materials applied as wooden f urniture
(massive and veneered), metal f urniture and others. Wooden f urniture has a major share in to tal
f urniture production. As its acknowledged for good quality furniture, the types of wood applied and
plywood inputs have to be taken into consideration. The principal types of wood used in the f abricate of
big furniture in Turkey are ash, beech, oak, pine, linden and mahogany. In veneered f urniture, oak, beech,
walnut and mahogany are used.
Turkish f urniture factories use the last technologies in producing f urniture, which is always up to world
criteria. Since 1990 the application o f advanced technology and the apply of CNC benches in the Turkish
f urniture industry have been increasing. Nowadays, all of the big enterprises in the f urniture sector use
CNC benches. Most companies are equipped with advanced machinery which allows the production of
good, exportquality products. Quality control starts f rom the stage when the raw material is produced
and carries on unt il the end of the packaging process. Most o f the companies have already fo und ISO
9000 certif icates and other required quality cert if icates. The big scalef irms comply with world criteria in
their packaging processes. In packaging PE, PP, foam, poly-urethane and cardboard boxes are used.
Many of the big companies have peculiar packaging sect ions.
As with many other consumer products, f urniture product ion is sensitive t o changes in f ashion. Since
f urniture design is an signif icant aspect o f marketing, Turkish designers are constant ly f ollowing
consumer preferences in f oreign markets and introduce new designs and make model variations and
improvements. Turkish furniture producers and exporters are aware of the info that market t rends and
consumer behavior act an signif icant ro le in the development and design of new products.
Since Turkey has a f irm textile indust ry, Turkish f urniture producers have the advantage of being able to
use and to monito r a wide range of colorf ul new fabric collections as upholst ery.
EXPORTS
Turkeys f urniture exportat ions have had an upward trend in late years. In the last 10 years, exports o fTurkish f urniture increased f rom US $ 192,1 million in 2001 to US $ 1,607.3 million in 2011. This is mainly
due to improvements in capacity, quality and design. The export f igure for 2011 was US $ 1,607 million,
representing an increase of 18 % with respect to the previous year. Main export products were: wooden
f urniture (excl. f or of f ices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), wooden f urniture f or bedrooms (excl.
seats) and seats f or motor vehicles. In 2011, Turkey ranked third in the world exports o f seats
convertible into beds which also traditional items which are showing the large f amily, hospitality and past
nomadic characteristics of our nation.
In 2011, Turkey exported furniture to 172 countries throughout the world. The main markets f or f urniture
exportswere Iraq, Germany, Azerbaijan, Iran and France. In recent years, Turkish f urniture companies
have been establishing showrooms and depots in increasing numbers in most o f these countries. The
Turkish cont racting sector is one of the major secto rs export ing services. Turkish cont ractor companies
who have undertaken construction work abroad have completed many housing complexes, tourism
projects, hospitals and health center projects, most o f which were decorated with Turkish furniture.
Turkish f urniture is designed and made f rom the highest quality materials to ensure comfo rt,
performance and attract ive appearance fo r a very long life. Dif f erent st yles are produced such as
classical, traditional and contemporary. With its designers and architects combined with its f lexible
production capacity, the Turkish f urniture industry is able to sat isf y the requirements of all individual
markets all over t he world.
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