Özet:

One of the native and national silk weaving factories in the Republic of Turkey, Bursa Dokumacılık ve Trikotaj A.Ş./ İpek-iş (Bursa Weaving and Tricotage Incorporation) was established with the union of the two different weaving mills in 1910. It began its activities as a centennial sycamore tree in 1925 under the motto “National Economy- National Capital’’ in the late periods of Ottoman Empire. Over time, it became institutionalized by both the preferred silk weavings of Bursa and whole whole Turkey, and the brand “İpek-iş”. It officially included woollen weavings, of which the first examples were incorporated in its structure in the 1930s, into its field of activity in 1940 with Yüniş. In our study, the reasons for the success of İpek-iş, which stands with its centuries-old history, and its outputs are discussed in terms of both history and history of art and design. A substantial example of nationalization initiated in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, İpek-iş Factory was examined by the present study under the headings of national capital, national designing culture and sustainability, in particular. Examinations that we performed were supported by Turkish Presidency archival documents, periodicals, literature as well as interviews made with the authories and even in a limited number of workers employed by the enterprise Ipek-iş, by means of oral history method. In conclusion, İpek-iş has been one of representatives that national culture and development of our Republic in the field of centennial product, production and textile were able to become visible (concrete) by a sustainable, permanent and national trademark within the time.

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