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WORLD’S 2nd LARGEST HOME TEXTILE FAIR KICKS OFF IN ISTANBUL

Marcellous Jones


By Marcellous L. Jones

May 22, 2008



Istanbul, Turkey – The 14 th Istanbul Home Textiles Exhibition kicked off yesterday in at the CNR Exposition Center with a lot of pomp and circumstance.

The exhibition features 500 domestic brands as well as 125 international exhibitors coming from 22 countries including the USA, Canada, the UK, France, India, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Norway, Greece, etc. It takes place in 11 halls spann1ng 150,000 m² at the CNR Exposition Center. In all, one finds more than 10,000 different products from no less than 740 total exhibitors, making Turkey’s home textile fair the second largest in the world.

Not only is Turkey’s tradeshow a great successful for foreigners who come to expose their products or to buy products, it is also a hotbed of opportunity for the country’s own manufacturers. Today, Turkish products in the sector represent 10% of the world’s total home textiles production. This is bolstered by the country’s robust exportations of its products which are due to the indisputable quality of domestic products.

Jerilyn Wright, who stars in the Global TV syndicated television program Open Homes, is a leading interior architect in Canada. She made the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean in order to attend this year’s event said, “It’s totally wild because in Canada, you never hear a lot about these designers… The designers here are out of sight just, brilliant! And people in Canada are looking for these kinds of products.”

Wright, who designs high end homes and select corporate offices and critic/writer for Dream House Magazine, a leading Canadian authority in home décor, offered a glowing review of the Istanbul Home Textiles Exhibition. Thrilled by the endless list of quality brands and products with which she was...

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