TurkeyA group of documented factories

Clothing made in Turkey. Restocked for Europe.

We are a group of documented Turkish factories making denim, jersey and knitwear, plus wovens, outerwear, activewear and tailoring, from 100 pieces per style. Send one brief: we place it with the factory built for your product, and the factory bills you directly.

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  • Operator in a work vest handling a garment on a long, brightly lit sewing floor
    01 On the sewing line
  • Machinist sewing indigo denim panels at a single-needle machine
    02 Sewing denim panels
  • Close-up of hands guiding a dark jersey garment through an overlock machine
    03 Overlocking jersey
  1. Spreading machine laying indigo fabric in layers along a long cutting table

    01Cutting

  2. Long rows of sewing stations with operators at work under bright strip lights

    02Sewing

  3. Porthole of an industrial washing machine with water and indigo garments churning inside

    03Denim washing

  4. Circular knitting machine with yarn feeders around the top, knitting a tube of jersey

    04Knitting

  5. Supervisor leaning in to check a machinist’s work at a sewing station

    05Quality check

  6. Workers folding and stacking finished jeans on long tables

    06Packing

Turkey, for EU & UK brands

  • 80+ documented factories
  • From 100 pcs per style
  • Reply within 24 hours
  • No commissions no markups
  • The factory bills you directly
  • Denim · jersey · knitwear
  • EU customs union · A.TR

What our factories make

Six product families. Denim leads.

Each family has its own minimum and lead time. These are the figures our factories work to, from the approved sample to goods ready to ship.

Three short-sleeve cotton tees laid flat in white, grey and navy
Style reference

Knitwear & jersey

Tees, hoodies, fine knits

T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and fine-gauge sweaters in cotton, merino and cashmere blends.

  • MOQ 100 pcs
  • Bulk 6–8 wks
Knitwear
  • Rows of washed blue jeans hanging on a rack after the washStyle reference: washed jeans
  • Line of blue industrial garment washing machines along a wet laundry floorA row of garment washers
  • Rows of washed jeans hanging from an overhead conveyorWashed jeans on the hanger line
  • Racks of rolled denim and twill fabric seen end onDenim and twill rolls

Washing is done at the laundry the factory works with, so the fit sample comes back washed.

Denim · our lead family

Jeans, jackets and skirts, washed to your standard.

Raw, selvedge and recycled-content denim. Washes, distressing and embellishment done at the factory, so the fit sample comes back washed.

  • MOQ 200 pcs
  • Bulk 9–11 wks
  • OEKO-TEX / GRS at some factories

Put in a denim brief

  • Fabric weight and stretch
  • Wash standard: a photo or a swatch
  • Hardware, rivets and buttons
  • Labels, size set and fit sample
A beige linen shirt, a white tee and straight brown jeans laid flat with leather shoes
Style reference
Denim in Turkey
A cream woven shirt and black wide-leg trousers on hangers
Style reference

Wovens & dresses

Dresses, shirts, blouses

Linen dresses, poplin shirts, blouses and tailored separates.

  • MOQ 100 pcs
  • Bulk 7–9 wks
Dresses & wovens
Two utility jackets hung on a wooden ladder with a leather tote
Style reference

Outerwear

Coats, down, shells

Padded coats, down jackets, technical shells and wool coats.

  • MOQ 150 pcs
  • Bulk 9–11 wks
Outerwear
Flat drawing of a single-button tailored jacket with patch pockets
Example tech pack

Tailoring

Blazers, suits, trousers

Half-canvas construction and wool suiting, cut from your patterns or ours.

  • MOQ 150 pcs
  • Bulk 9–11 wks
Brief a tailoring run
A cream ribbed tank top laid flat on a concrete floor
Style reference

Activewear

Leggings, sports tops

Leggings, sports tops and training gear in 4-way stretch fabrics.

  • MOQ 200 pcs
  • Bulk 8–10 wks
Activewear

Making something else, or a mix? Put every style in one brief. We tell you which factory fits, or that none does.

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Garment photos and the tailoring flat on these cards are style references from other brands and designers, not runs from our factories. Credits: cotton tees in a flat lay: Pinterest user malak waleed; washed jeans on a rack: en-route.com.au; a linen shirt and straight jeans: Pinterest user a l i c i a; a woven shirt and wide trousers: Instagram; utility and work jackets: Pinterest user Fernanda F Styling; a flat for a tailored jacket: Pinterest user gproject bred; a ribbed tank top: Pinterest user Suyoung Jin.

How it works

One brief in. The right factory out.

You do not cold-email twenty factories. You send one brief, we place it with the factory in our group built for it, and we stay involved from sample to delivery.

  1. Day 0 · reply within 24 hours

    Send a brief

    Product, fabric, pieces per style, the date you need stock and where it lands. A sketch or a reference garment is enough to start.

    Fabric store piled high with rolls of black, pink, red and blue fabric
    Fabric rolls in stock
  2. About a week

    Factory choice

    Factory confirmed within about a week of a complete brief. Our fee, if your project needs one, is quoted in writing before any work starts.

    Large, tidy sewing floor seen from above with rows of machines, blue bins and rails of samples
    A floor set up for a run
  3. 2–4 weeks

    Sample

    Pattern to first sample in 10–14 days. Budget 2–4 weeks of sampling in total, corrections included.

    Machinist with piles of cut black garment pieces on a white work table
    Cut pieces ready to sew
  4. 8–11 weeks

    Bulk production

    8–11 weeks from the approved sample to goods ready to ship. The factory bills you directly for the run.

    Wide sewing floor with long lines of operators at their machines
    A wide sewing floor
Send a brief How we work, step by step

Inside the production

From yarn to a packed carton.

What happens to an order between your brief and the truck. The factory runs these steps itself or with the mills and laundries it works with.

  1. White yarn cones on a creel, threads running down into the machine01
    Yarn cones on a creel

    Yarn

    Cotton, blends and wool from the spinning mills.

  2. Operator checking a computerised flat knitting machine on a knitting floor02
    Flat knitting machine

    Knitting

    Jersey and knitwear knitted on circular and flat machines.

  3. Worker guiding teal dyed fabric out of a dyeing machine into a heap03
    Dyed fabric leaving the machine

    Dyeing

    Fabric dyed and finished to your colour standard.

  4. Tall racks of fabric rolls on both sides of a warehouse aisle04
    Fabric warehouse aisle

    Fabric

    Rolls checked and stored before cutting.

  5. Sewing stations with dark garments draped over the tables and lights overhead05
    Sewing stations, dark wovens

    Sewing

    Cut panels sewn on a line set up for your product.

  6. Carts loaded with washed jeans in front of a row of industrial washing machines06
    Jeans on laundry carts

    Washing

    Denim and garment-dyed pieces go through the laundry.

  7. Worker smoothing a grey knitted sweater flat on a steam press table07
    Pressing a knitted sweater

    Pressing

    Pieces pressed and shaped before inspection.

  8. Worker in a blue vest trimming loose threads from a black hoodie at a white table08
    Trimming threads on a hoodie

    Finishing

    Threads trimmed, garments checked, folded and packed.

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Photos show production steps in Turkey, not one specific factory.

Where it gets made

We pick the factory, not the city.

Turkish clothing production clusters in a few regions. Your brief goes to the line built for your product, wherever it sits. These are the places our factories work from.

  • Operator sorting pink knit garments at a sewing table on a long, busy sewing floor
    Sorting knit tops on the line

    Istanbul-Bursa belt

    Istanbul

    Cut and sew, sampling and rapid prototyping, knitwear and jersey, finishing and pressing.

    Istanbul
  • Long aisle of knitting machines with colourful yarn cones above them
    Rows of knitting machines

    Istanbul-Bursa belt

    Bursa

    Knitwear and jersey, on the same belt as Istanbul’s sampling rooms.

    Bursa
  • Rows of weaving looms running white warp threads in a long weaving shed
    Weaving shed

    Denizli-Izmir cluster

    Izmir

    Wovens and jersey, with finishing usually close by.

    Nearby: Manisa, for linen

    Izmir
  • Pallets of white, unfinished fabric rolls stacked in a warehouse
    Unfinished fabric on pallets

    Denizli-Izmir cluster

    Denizli

    Woven shirts, terry and the fabric mills behind them.

    Denizli
  • Laundry hall with white industrial washers and carts of blue garments
    Laundry hall

    South-east

    Gaziantep

    Denim and outerwear.

    Gaziantep

  • Not sure where your product belongs?Leave the city blank. We read the brief and pick the factory, then tell you where it is.

    Send a brief

Maps are schematic, not to scale. Photos on this site show production steps, not a specific city or factory.

Stacks of green, cream and mustard knitwear between operations on a busy production floorKnitwear stacked between operations

For EU & UK brands

Restock in runs of 100 pieces, not one big bet a season.
  • Pink knit fabric running through a finishing machine and folding into a trolleyKnit fabric through finishing
  • Close-up of a cream rib-knit sweaterRib knit, close up
  • Pink knitted fabric above rows of pink yarn cones in a knitting roomPink yarn, pink knit

Why Turkey

Close to your market. Small enough to restock.

  1. 01

    EU customs union and the A.TR

    Clothing in free circulation in Turkey that travels with an A.TR movement certificate usually enters the EU without customs duty. Import VAT and your broker’s fee still apply.

  2. 02

    A trade agreement with the UK

    The UK-Turkey agreement allows zero tariff where the goods meet its rules of origin, which depends on where the fabric came from. Tell us in the brief if goods land in the UK.

  3. 03

    Road, not months at sea

    Road freight to much of the EU usually takes days, not weeks. Your forwarder confirms the transport and the time to your warehouse.

  4. 04

    Depth where it counts

    Denim, jersey and knitwear are the strongest families in our group, from 100 pieces per style (denim from 200), so a reorder does not have to wait for a big season.

General guidance, not customs advice. Confirm the HS code and your duty position with your customs broker or forwarder before the first shipment. Switzerland and Norway have their own rules.

Send a brief Duty questions in the FAQ

[ 03 ] ways to start

Start with a brief. Sending it costs nothing.

Tell us the product, the quantity per style and your date. We place the brief with the factory in our group built for it, and that factory bills you directly. Prefer to do the outreach yourself? Buy the Directory. No spec yet? Start with a tech pack.

What is included Start here Production placement Freeto send a brief Send a brief Do it yourself Factory Directory $49one-time, USD Get the Directory No spec yet Tech pack $79per style, USD Get your tech pack
What you get
We read your brief and pick the factory Yes You choose Not included
Factory contacts The factory built for your product 80+ documented factories, direct emails Not included
Factory-ready spec Add a tech pack if you need one minimums where published, specialisms, certifications held Flats, BOM, measurements
Who does the outreach We do You do You send it to any factory
Timing
How fast Reply within 24 hours Instant access, Online Google Sheet 3–5 working days
Updates and revisions Factory confirmed within about a week of a complete brief Quarterly refresh, lifetime updates 2–3 revision rounds
Money
How you pay Our fee is quoted in writing after we read the brief, before any work starts. Never tied to order size. The factory bills you directly for the run. One payment by card (Stripe) Per style, by card (Stripe). 3+ styles: email us first
Who bills you The factory, directly, for the run. No commission, no markup. We do, once. No subscription. We do, once per style. No hourly rate.
  • No commissions, no markups
  • Prices in USD
  • From 100 pcs per style

Step 1 of your brief

What are you making, and how many?

Two answers take ten seconds. The rest of the brief opens with them filled in.

Question 1 of 2
Products 0 selected

Pieces per style Pick one

Your brief so far

Rather write it all at once? Open the full brief

FAQ

What brands ask before the first order.

Minimums, timing, duty and payment. If your question is not here, put it in your brief or email it.

Still not sure it fits?

Send the product, the quantity per style and the date. We reply within 24 hours with an honest answer. Send a brief
oneaimapparel@gmail.com

Most factories in our group start at 100 pieces per style. Denim and activewear usually start at 200, outerwear and tailoring at 150. We confirm the exact minimum for your product before you commit to anything.

Below 100 pieces you are usually looking at small-batch producers, which is a different model with different margins. Say so in your brief and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.

Pattern to first sample takes 10–14 days. Budget 2–4 weeks for sampling in total, including a round of corrections.

Bulk production takes 8–11 weeks from the approved sample to goods ready to ship, depending on the product: jersey and knitwear sit at the short end, denim, outerwear and tailoring at the long end. If you have a fixed ship date, start at least 14 weeks before it.

Usually not customs duty. Turkey and the EU have a customs union covering industrial goods, and clothing in free circulation in Turkey that travels with an A.TR movement certificate usually enters the EU without customs duty.

You still pay import VAT in the country where the goods are cleared, plus your broker’s clearance fee. This is general guidance, not customs advice: confirm the HS code and your duty position with your customs broker before the first shipment.

The UK is outside the EU customs union. The UK-Turkey trade agreement, in force since 1 January 2021, allows zero tariff where the goods meet its rules of origin, and that depends on where the fabric came from.

Tell us in the brief that the goods land in the UK, and check the origin position with your broker before production starts, not after.

Typical cut, make and trim (CMT) per piece: $4–9 for a t-shirt, $10–20 for a hoodie, $14–32 for a dress, $28–65 for a jacket. Fabric, trims, complexity and quantity move the number.

The free cost calculator gives you a range for your own style before you talk to anyone. The factory’s written quote is the number that counts.

The factory that makes your order quotes you and bills you directly for the run. We take no commission from factories and add no markup. Payment terms are set by the factory; a deposit when you confirm and the balance before shipment or against documents is the usual shape.

Our own fee, if your project needs one, is quoted in writing after we read your brief and before any work starts. It is never tied to order size. The Directory ($49) and the tech pack ($79) are paid by card through Stripe.

No. A description, photos or a reference garment are enough for us to read the brief and tell you whether it fits. Factories quote from specifications, though, so you will need one before a binding quote.

Our tech pack costs $79 per style, takes 3–5 working days and includes 2–3 revision rounds.

Yes. Export-facing factories usually have at least one English-speaking contact in sales or account management, while the production floor works in Turkish. We work in English by email, so write your brief in English.

It varies by factory. Some in our group hold GOTS, OEKO-TEX, GRS, bluesign or social-audit certificates such as BSCI; not every factory holds every one. If a certificate is a hard requirement for your market or retail buyer, put it in the brief and we only place it with factories that hold it.

Ask for the certificate number, not a PDF, and check it in the issuing body’s public database.

No. We do not take a cut of your production and factories do not pay us to be chosen. That is how the choice stays honest: your brief goes to the factory built for the product, not the one that pays the most.

If no factory in our group is built for your product, we tell you so instead of forcing a fit.

Send a brief

Tell us what you’re making. We’ll find the line that makes it.

Four things are enough to start. We reply within 24 hours and place the brief with the factory in our group built for your product.

  • Product and fabric
  • Pieces per style
  • Date you need stock
  • Where it lands: EU or UK
Factory Directory $49

Free to send · No commissions · The factory bills you directly

Two people reviewing a mustard garment at an inspection table
Checking a garment

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