FASHIONTEKS Gaziantep Opens 17 November With 61 Exhibitors

FASHIONTEKS Gaziantep Fashion and Textile Fair will take place from 17 to 20 November 2026 at the Gaziantep Middle East Fair Centre. The event is organised by the Gaziantep Chamber of Industry (GSO) and İFAS Istanbul Fair Organisation, with support from the Fashion and Ready-to-Wear Federation (MHGF) and the PENKON knitwear, confection and ready-to-wear association.

Sixty-one exhibitors will take stands, and the organisers expect hundreds of qualified buyers from 20 countries. Visitor targets include the Middle East as well as the Netherlands, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Algeria, Russia and Ukraine. The programme focuses on companies in fashion, textile and ready-to-wear, with particular attention to children's clothing.

GSO Board Chairman Adnan Ünverdi said the fair would make it easier for companies to reach international markets and would help build new commercial links and develop existing cooperation, according to the organisers. İFAS Istanbul Fair Organisation Chairman M. Atilla Bulut said the event is intended to bring producers, suppliers and buyers together at an international scale and that buyers from 20 countries would create new market opportunities for exhibitors.

The stand allocation draw was held at GSO. GSO Vice Chairman Ali Can Koçak described Gaziantep as an important production centre for textile and ready-to-wear and said the fair would support new collaborations. PENKON President Mehmet Kurt said bringing producers under one roof was valuable and that the fair would make the potential of the ready-to-wear and confection sector more visible.

The fair will be open to visitors for four days. It is intended to connect Gaziantep's production base with international buyers and to support export contacts. The organisers said the event would contribute to the city's sectoral competitiveness and to new business connections.