Sourcing & Supply Chain
How to Vet a Turkish Supplier: A Practical Checklist
Most Turkish manufacturers are genuine, but capability and reliability vary enormously — and some traders present themselves as factories. This is the…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Most Turkish manufacturers are genuine, but capability and reliability vary enormously — and some traders present themselves as factories. This is the…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Managing Turkish suppliers and contracts from headquarters is slow and reactive. Commercial representation puts someone on the ground who visits factories, administers…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
One Turkish province supplies 65% of the world's rose oil, at over €12,000 per kilogram. Most luxury brands that use it have…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
German, British and French buyers are deeply integrated with Turkish manufacturing. Scandinavian companies, relative to their economic size, source from Turkey at…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Turkey grows around 60% of the world's hazelnuts. In 2025 a stink bug invasion, a late frost and a public standoff with…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Turkey is the world's second largest olive oil producer — and for decades much of it left the country in bulk, to…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
China's tomato paste came in 30% cheaper for a Dubai buyer. Here is how we weighed price against Brix consistency, additives, Halal…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Turkey exports over $8 billion in furniture a year. We break down hotel FF&E sourcing across furniture, tiles, sanitary ware, lighting and…
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Sourcing & Supply Chain
Turkey exported $2.33 billion in cosmetics in 2025. Here is why global brands source private label shampoos, conditioners and hair masks from…
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Business
A buyer paid thousands of euros to a sourcing agent who was not based in Turkey. No factory knew him. Here is…
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