Furniture Industry In Turkey
Furniture production in Turkey dates back to the 19th century and was done in small workshops as artisan production. However, by the rapid globalization and all other aspects, present furniture industry is becoming a fashion sector. In Turkey, furniture is produced both in workshops and industrialscale manufacturing units. Furniture production is highly fragmented among a large number of small workshops. These small workshops play an important role in producing hand carved and handmade furniture. Workshops are flexible establishments in nature and have enough capacity and labour force to expand their production line in order to supply large orders. Large-scale furniture firms produce standard models by using automated mass-production techniques and most of their production is oriented towards export. In accordance to data from Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI), in 2008 furniture production was realized as 6.2 billion Turkish Liras. According to the recent General Census of Industry and Business Establishments (2002), the furniture sector employs 92,567 people and the industry has 29,346 companies manufacturing various furniture. Besides, Istanbul Chamber of Industry’s list of the top 500 industrial establishments of Turkey includes six furniture companies. These six companies are; Merkez Çelik San. ve Tic. A.Ş, Boytaş Mobilya San. ve Tic. A.Ş, Merinos Halı Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş, İstikbal Mobilya San. ve Tic. A.Ş, Grammer Koltuk Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş and Yataş Yatak ve Yorgan San. Tic. A.Ş. Furniture production in Turkey is concentrated mainly in İstanbul, Ankara, Bursa (İnegöl), Kayseri, Izmir and Adana. The most important furniture production districts are İstanbul and the region of Bolu-Düzce, which is famous for its production of wood products. The wellknown furniture-manufacturing district in Turkey, called “Siteler”, is located in Ankara. The number of registered small and medium sized enterprises in “Siteler” is over 10,000. In Ankara, there are many labour–intensive small enterprises manufacturing classical-handmade furniture and there are about 10 major furniture manufacturers who have mass-production capabilities. The wood industry is developing rapidly in the Bursa-İnegöl area, the third most important furniture production region, which is surrounded by forest areas. The furniture industry of the İnegöl area is small sized but has great potential to improve itself. Another important furniture region is Kayseri, which has large capacity for the production of sofa beds, couch beds and seven of the twenty two largest manufacturers of Turkey are established here. Izmir also has a furniture production districts called “Karabağlar and Kısıkköy” which supply furniture to the Aegean Region. http://adasofa.com/read_blog/furniture-news/furniture-industry-in-turkey-52.html
Furniture Industry In Turkey
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