After completing my university studies in the United States, I returned to Turkey and made a very clear decision to create a business platform where I can be engaged in e-commerce.
There’s a recognised need for sustainability, especially if you’re a large business. We’re at a point where there’s nowhere to hide. You can’t make excuses like ‘It’s not within my control,’ or ‘I didn’t know about it.’ There’s an expectation for all businesses to own up to their responsibilities and they have to go beyond that.
I am a digital artist graduated from Mimar Sinan Art History Department. The idea of making art by using technology emerged in these years.
Within the framework of basic art theories, I am a designer who interprets ready-to-wear with my own distinctive style every season and doesn’t fond of fashion very much. In this sector, I experienced my first breaking point in my career by winning the first place in the Koza Young Fashion Designers Competition held in 2012.
I studied my major at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Fashion Design Department at Izmir Dokuz Eylul University. Shortly after my graduation, I established my own company and started making theatrical costumes.
As you already know, we have entered into a new era where world politics and hence world trade are quite challenging, upsetting and turbulent compared to previous periods.
My story of meeting with the textile industry started with my father. He is one of the old weavers of Bursa. After many years of experiences in the Hanlar region in Bursa, the capital of textile at a very young age, Meltam Tekstil was founded in 1990.
Ekoten Textile Industry Trade Inc. has started its textile journey from 1995 to the present day, in Torbalı headquarters building.
We closed the year, 2019 with $ 17.7 billion, which was below our expectations. Our target was around $ 18.5 billion.
The technology that is present in almost every aspect of our lives and the developments it brings along is rapidly transforming the whole world. Due to this swift transformation, different needs, fresh business lines, and new markets have emerged.