At GDS, 5 –7 March, 17 exhibitors from Turkey will show their interpretations of the Autumn / Winter season 2006/07 and offer flash programmes for the upcoming 2006 Spring / Summer season.

The slogan of the Turkish shoe and leather goods suppliers is black is back , seen as the trend colour of the season. The Turkish shoe specialists will also be focussing on craft decorations, appliqués and patterns with a lot of attention to detail.

Some of the Turkish brands that will be showing include Scooter, Pierre Cardin, Fertini, Ricardo Colli, Inci, Göderi, Sonat, Ebru Comfort. Most are participating under the auspices of the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Association, ITKIB, an association which unites approximately 20,000 companies from the areas of leather, leather production, textiles and apparel, carpets and home textiles.

Turkey is the 11th largest shoe producing country in the world with a share of 1.3% of the total worldwide shoe production.