Compared with Turkish shoe producers who inhabit a fraternal epicentre, the country’s footwear components suppliers (machinery, chemicals etc.) are an outward bound bunch. Unruffled by Europe’s decision to deliberate on Türkiye’s entry to the European Union, their doors are open to the rest of the world and they are a focal point for peripheral countries who want a toe-hold on an axis of opportunity - no country more so than Iran.

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