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From fabrics to exporting, from running a workshop to certifications: guides, analysis and news on the Turkish textile industry.
What lockstitch, chainstitch, overlock, coverstitch, buttonhole, button-sewing and bartack machines do, which product and operation each is used for, and what to check when choosing a machine.
How fabrics are classified by construction, fibre, yarn and finish; the main knit, woven and nonwoven types and their properties; the test methods behind them; and a checklist for ordering fabric.
Conversion formulas and a table for Ne, Nm, tex and denier, how to calculate yarn count from a measurement, how to read plied counts such as 30/2, and the count mistakes that most often cause trouble in supplier orders.
The garment manufacturing process stage by stage: tech pack, pattern, sampling, cutting, sewing, pressing, packing and shipment, with each stage's output, control point and who does what at a contract factory.
Terry towel quality cannot be read from GSM alone. The criteria for pile yarn, pile height, absorbency and post-wash performance, with a checklist for buyers writing a spec.
Where Turkish clothing factories are, what to plan for on MOQ, lead time and cost, how EU and UK duty rules work, and how to verify a manufacturer before you place an order.
Metal, coil, moulded plastic and invisible zips, closed-end and open-end construction, what zip size numbers really mean, and how to decode Turkish terms such as dipli, separe and “tip”.
How contract garment manufacturing works: CMT versus full package (FOB), the tech pack, factory screening and lead-time checks, default contract rules under Turkish law, and acceptance on delivery.
How AQL inspection works in garments: sample size and accept/reject numbers by lot size, critical, major and minor defect classes, what the plan really guarantees, and what to write into the contract.
How screen, rotary, digital (DTG), DTF, heat transfer and sublimation printing compare, which fibres each suits, and how to brief a print supplier and set test criteria.
How single jersey, piqué, interlock and rib behave in a T-shirt, how to write the fabric spec for your supplier, and what Turkish terms such as süprem and penye mean.
How a Turkish workshop prices CMT T-shirt sewing: the minute-cost formula, what a quote leaves out, a worked example in Turkish lira and a checklist for comparing quotes.
