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Sustainability and Certification Editor
Ece Yılmaz is Tekstil Rehberi's sustainability and certification editor. She covers textile certifications such as OEKO-TEX, GOTS and GRS, social compliance audits such as amfori BSCI and SEDEX, EU sustainability regulations and recycling, and checks certification rules against the standard owners' current documents.
How a BSCI audit runs, the 13 performance areas, the A–E rating and a 30-day preparation checklist for Turkish factories, plus how Sedex SMETA differs.
What a clothing label must carry in the EU, UK and US when you source from Turkey: fiber content rules, care label law, how ISO 3758:2023 care symbols work, label language and a pre-shipment checklist.
The EU digital product passport for textiles is not mandatory yet and has no official start date. Confirmed, planned and expected dates, draft data fields, the unsold-clothing destruction ban and a preparation checklist.
What OEKO-TEX, GOTS, GRS and Better Cotton actually prove, which one to ask a Turkish supplier for, how to verify a certificate, and which rules change in 2026–2027.
GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) is a standard that certifies, through independent audits, the whole chain from post-harvest processing to labeling for textiles containing at least 70% certified organic natural fibers. Alongside organic content, it covers environmental and social criteria.
GRS (Global Recycled Standard) is a voluntary certification standard for products containing at least 20% recycled material. It certifies recycled content, traceability, social and environmental practices and chemical restrictions, and is managed by Textile Exchange.
OEKO-TEX is a family of textile and leather certificates issued by independent institutes that belong to the OEKO-TEX association, founded in 1992. Its best-known certificate, STANDARD 100, tests a textile product and all of its components for harmful substances.
Consultants that prepare textile and garment factories in Turkey for certification and audits, and the certification bodies that issue the certificates. Learn to tell the two apart before you choose.
Companies in Turkey that buy textile waste (offcuts, scrap, used clothing) and make recycled fiber and yarn. Waste codes, permits and GRS questions for sellers of scrap and buyers of recycled material.
Textile laboratories in Turkey that test fabric, yarn, trims and finished garments for color fastness, dimensional change, strength and chemical residues. Compare accreditation scope and report terms.
