SleepTech September - October 2018
SleepTech September - October 2018
SleepTech September - October 2018
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shopping district in Istanbul,<br />
then we began to produce silk<br />
fabrics. In 1969 we built the Silk<br />
Yarn Fabric firm in Sogut, Bilecik<br />
and who buys cocoons from<br />
Kozahan, Bursa. There were only<br />
four factories in Sogut. We sold<br />
our products to Vakko brand in<br />
1984.<br />
What was the reason you closed<br />
the factory?<br />
In those years silk market had<br />
been invaded by the cheaper<br />
silk fabrics imported illegally<br />
from far east. We as producers<br />
had visited the then Prime<br />
Minister Turgut Ozal but we<br />
had no authority to fully inform<br />
about our problems. So, we quit<br />
to process silk. In those years,<br />
we had bought a land in Nilufer<br />
Industrial Zone, the first officially<br />
organized zone in Turkey, and<br />
we founded this firm with my<br />
uncle.<br />
Then many other firms have<br />
started to deal with import and<br />
export, so we changed our way<br />
and we visited machine manu-