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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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