Turkish carpets, number one in world says sectoral association

IZMIR (A.A) - December 7, 2011 - Turkish carpets topped the world with not only production and marketing but also their quality, a sectoral association said on Wednesday. The head of a carpet-makers association in the Aegean province of Izmir said that Turkey exported 1.2 billion USD of carpets in 2010. "However exports exceeded 1.4 billion USD in the first 11 months of this year, and we expect our exports to go above 1.5 billion USD by the end of this year," the head of the association, Naci Olcen, told AA correspondent. Olcen said machine-made carpet industry had developed in the southeastern province of Gaziantep in the last 15-20 years. Turkish carpets had a peculiar place in the world, thanks to dyer's madder, quality of fibre and design, Olcen also said.