Textile Fiber, Dye and Chemical Suppliers in Turkey

This sector covers the inputs of yarn and fabric: fiber; the dyes, auxiliary chemicals and printing inks that dye houses and print shops use; and recyclers that turn textile waste back into fiber. You will not find yarn or fabric here, so choose the sub-category that matches your product.

Each sub-category has a different buyer

• Textile fibers: loose fiber sold by the kilogram, bale or sack, such as cotton lint, polyester staple fiber (PSF), acrylic, viscose, recycled fiber and fill fiber. For fiber types, see the fabric types guide.
• Textile chemicals and dyes: dyes (reactive, disperse, acid, vat, pigment) and auxiliary chemicals for pretreatment, dyeing, finishing, washing and printing.
• Textile printing inks: plastisol, water-based and discharge screen-printing inks, pigment print paste, digital textile inks, and DTF film and powder (see printing methods).
• Textile recycling: licensed companies that buy, sort and shred offcuts, production scrap, rejects and used clothing. Demand runs the other way here: a garment maker with waste to sell finds buyers.

Where this sector ends

The form in which a product is sold draws the line. Yarn on cones or bobbins is in Yarns, and sewing thread for garment makers is in Sewing Thread. Companies that dye, print or wash a customer's fabric for a fee are in Contract Workshops and Services, under dyeing and finishing, textile printing and garment washing; this sector covers those who sell them materials. Machine sellers are in Textile Machinery (printing machines, dyeing and finishing machines), but consumables such as ink, film and powder stay here. Roll nonwovens and deadstock fabric belong to Fabrics.

Padding (vatka in Turkish trade) is two different products: shoulder pads (a garment trim) belong under interlinings; roll, fiber or quilted wadding belongs under nonwovens; loose fill fiber belongs under textile fibers. For pigment, the use decides: print paste and pigment printing inks belong under printing inks, while pigments and dyes used in dyeing belong under textile chemicals. Glass and carbon fiber are out of scope.

Matching dyes to fibers, and the documents to ask for

Dye class follows fiber type. The main pairings are reactive dyes for cellulosic fibers (cotton, linen, viscose), disperse dyes for polyester and acetate, acid dyes for wool, silk and nylon, and cationic dyes for acrylic (e-PG Pathshala). State your fiber blend when requesting a quote.

The two environmental documents requested for chemicals cover the chemical product, not the finished fabric. OEKO-TEX ECO PASSPORT certifies the chemicals, colorants and auxiliaries used to make textiles and leather; the certificate is valid for one year. The ZDHC Gateway is the platform where products conforming to the MRSL (a list of restricted substances for chemical formulations used in production) are registered. Level 0 is only a supplier declaration; Levels 1–3 require third-party review. Ask for the safety data sheet (SDS) as well. The textile certifications guide explains how the documents differ, and testing laboratories can measure independently.

Fiber quotes and viscose imports

Have a fiber quote state the fiber type, form (staple or filament), fineness (denier or dtex), cut length, whether it is undyed or dyed, and the packaging unit. For viscose, also ask whether the supplier is a producer or an importer, and where the product originates: according to UN Comtrade data published on World Bank WITS, Turkey ranked first in the world in viscose staple fiber (HS 5504.10) imports in 2024, at about USD 559 million. A 2021 report by the İpekyolu Development Agency shows the same ranking for 2016–2020.

The recycling cluster in Usak

A March 2019 report by the Zafer Development Agency describes Usak as Turkey's textile recycling center, home to many firms that break waste down on carding machines to make fiber and recycled yarn. Based on 2014 data, it reports that about 75% of Turkey's recycled yarn production was in Usak. These figures are dated; use the province filter for the current distribution. For recycled-content claims, ask for the GRS certificate; certification services are listed under consulting and certification.