Sourcing Advantages of Turkey in Apparel Supply Chai, Cem Altan (IHKIB)

Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association. Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association. Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (İHKİB) is one of the most important industrial organizations of Turkish Apparel Industry, which is among the major manufacturing industries in Turkey, with its more than 9.000 member exporters and a rate of 75% in Turkey’s total apparel export. Istanbul has an important share in apparel trade and İHKİB plays a vital role in this industry. İHKİB, founded in 1986, is one of the four exporters associations under the General Secretariat of Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Associations (İTKİB).