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Turkish jewelry sector world’s second biggest in 2010

Turkish manufacturers exported jewelery worth of 1.5 billion USD to more than 70 countries last year, according to reports by IMF, gold research and consultancy center GFMS and Istanbul Chamber of Jewelers.

Turkey placed second in the global jewelry manufacturing sector in 2010 after India to sell the largest amount of gold and gemstone jewelry.

Turkish manufacturers exported jewelery worth of 1.5 billion USD to more than 70 countries last year, according to reports by IMF, gold research and consultancy center GFMS and Istanbul Chamber of Jewelers.

Turkey’s demand for gold last year was 114.6 tons as Turkey ranked third in the world to buy gold with over one gram annually per capita after Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

Turkish jewelry sector employs 250 thousand people and its annual turnover is estimated around 10 billion USD.

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October 11, 2011
In Istanbul, Greek History on Display

In Istanbul, Greek History on Display

By SUSANNE FOWLER

Items from the Sakıp Sabancı Museum show in Istanbul.

In a rare display of cross-cultural cooperation between countries with a history of enmity, a new exhibition in Istanbul features antiquities from Greece, including marble figurines, clay tankards, weapons, cooking utensils, jewelry and ancient idols.

At the Sakip Sabanci Museum in the Emirgan neighborhood, the exhibition ‘‘Across the Cyclades and Western Anatolia During the 3rd Millennium B.C.,’’ runs through Aug. 28.

With about 340 pieces on display, curators said the show represents the first official cooperation between museums from Turkey and Greece, and is the first time that artifacts from museums like the National Archaeological Museum of Athens will be displayed next to Anatolian objects from Turkish museums.

Nazan Olcer, the director of the Sabanci Museum and a curator of the show, said in a statement that “we want this to be an event which will overcome the residual prejudices of past years and be an invitation to share our pride in this past.” The other curator, Nicholas Stampolidis of the Athens Museum of Cycladic Art, said the exhibit offered visitors “the best of what scientific archaeological research has produced in the last hundred years.”

Highlights include a replica of a 45-foot long wooden ship that once plied the Aegean Sea, excavated from the shores of Western Turkey; notably, the original ship was built without glue or nails.

via In Istanbul, Greek History on Display – NYTimes.com.

July 4, 2011
Hannah’s online store focuses on Turkish style

Hannah Wallace has set up a new business, Mahlika, selling Turkish jewellery

Browsing through the colourful and vibrant merchandise being sold on market stalls during a trip to Turkey, Hannah Wallace was taken by the beauty and elegance of the country’s exotic jewellery.

The 25-year-old was inspired by the gold, turquoise and ruby adornments and decided to set up her own online store selling handmade Turkish jewellery to customers in the UK and worldwide.

Mahlika Jewellery launched this month showcasing jewellery that is designed and made in Istanbul by skilled artisans.

The ranges include necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings made using pearl, turquoise, amethyst, coral and garnets.

Mahlika – which means ‘face as beautiful as the moon’ in Turkish – have already received orders from the US, UK and Saudi Arabia.

Hannah, who runs the business from her home in Cheadle Hulme, said: “Women all over the world adore fashion, especially jewellery.

“They love to wear clothes that reflect their style, and jewellery for the perfect finishing touches.

“In the past, true style gurus would have had to travel the world to locate innovative and unique jewellery designs, but with the way the industry has evolved, products from

anywhere in the world are easily accessible for anyone who wants them.”

Hannah regularly goes on holiday to the Turkish town of Kas and says her passion for jewellery started at an early stage.

“My mum was always wearing nice jewellery which I used to admire, and I’ve always been a big fan,” she said.

“Every time I’ve visited Turkey, where my parents have a house, I’ve picked up different pieces, and friends have always asked where I got them from.”

Before launching her business, Hannah graduated from Leeds University in media and cultural studies then went

travelling around Australasia and south-east Asia before returning to the UK last September.

On her return, she decided to use her savings to establish her business and spent six months setting up her website and sourcing products.

Now she is planning to learn how to design and make her own jewellery.

She says her long-term aims are to open a shop and add jewellery from other countries.

She said: “I love Indian designs and they are very similar to what I sell now.

“It will definitely be an area I will be looking into.”

via Hannah’s online store focuses on Turkish style | Manchester Evening News – menmedia.co.uk.

May 30, 2011
UBM’s Istanbul Jewelry Show Sees Jump in Visiting Countries, Exhibitors

By Rachel Wimberly

It seems a lot more people from around the world were interested in checking out United Business Media’s Istanbul Jewelry Show Oct. 10-14 at the CNR Expo, with 18,123 jewelry professionals from 95 countries showing up to check out the event.

New visiting countries included Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Laos, Monaco, Uzbekistan and Zambia, which was a big increase, according to UBM officials.

The number of exhibitors also went up 24 percent, compared with last year’s event, with 563 exhibitors from 27 countries, including 389 Turkish exhibitors on the showfloor.

Visitors from Iran, Russia, Greece, Iraq, Lebanon, India, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Egypt topped the list of overseas visitors to the show: 18.3 percent of visitors were from Iran, 7.96 percent from Russia, 6.84 percent from Greece and 6.75 percent from Iraq.

Turkey now ranks as the world’s second largest gold jewelry exporter, the fifth largest importer and the third largest producer, according to UBM officials. The show is” positioned be the leading fair in the European and Middle East regions,” they added.

“(The) Istanbul Jewelry Show was very well organized. Companies from North Iraq that had visited the fair for the first time were happy with the results of their meetings with the exhibitors,” said Qaraman Jawher, chairman of Erbil Jewellery Association covering Erbil – Duhok and Suleymaniye cities in North Iraq. “They made some deals for monthly order with the exhibitors and some wholesalers even agreed on weekly order.”

Yaakov David Shagel of B. Shagal Jewellery 2003 in Israel, added, “I was deeply impressed as I visited the fair. The show is presented in a professional and experienced way.”

On the opening day of the show, UBM Asia, organizer of the world’s largest jewelry fair in Hong Kong, with jewelry shows in China, India and Japan, announced the acquisition of a 65 percent stake in Rotaforte International Trade Fairs & Media, the owner of the Istanbul Jewelry Show, “to add synergies to its jewelry shows and to enhance international participation at Istanbul Jewelry Show,” according to UBM officials.

“We are very pleased to know the joint venture of UBM Asia and Rotaforte,” said Can Ozkok, vice president of Turkish Jewellery Association. “UBM Asia is the world’s leading jewelry show organizer. I wish the new UBM Rotaforte company all the best.”

The Istanbul Jewelry Show – Istanbul International Jewelry, Watch & Equipment Fair is held twice a year, in March and October. The next show is scheduled March 17-21.

November 23, 2010