{"id":22263,"date":"2017-05-24T06:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T06:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pofo.themezaa.com\/?page_id=1495"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:27:40","slug":"message-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/message-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Message From The President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" data-vc-stretch-content=\"true\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid  vc_custom_1507268300659 pofo-stretch-content vc_row-no-padding\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1508238413489\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"pofo-image-slider-1\" class=\"swiper-container width-100 swiper-container-horizontal pofo-image-style2 pofo-image-slider-1  white-move pofo-slider2 pofo-slider2-1\" data-slider-options=\"{&quot;keyboard&quot;:true,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false}\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide cover-background bg-image-srcset\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-scaled.webp)\" data-bg-srcset=\"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-1024x614.webp 1024w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-768x461.webp 768w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-1536x921.webp 1536w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-2048x1229.webp 2048w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-1200x720.webp 1200w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-120x72.webp 120w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/07\/kv-background-81x49.webp 81w\"><div class=\"bg-extra-dark-gray bg-overlay\" style=\"opacity:0.5; \"><\/div><div class=\"container position-relative xs-height-400px one-fourth-screen\"><div class=\"slider-typography text-center\"><div class=\"slider-text-middle-main\"><div class=\"slider-text-middle\"><div class=\"text-large text-very-light-gray font-weight-300 width-95 center-col margin-25px-bottom xs-margin-15px-bottom display-block last-paragraph-no-margin\"><p>Uluda\u011f Textile Exporters' Association (UT\u0130B)<\/p>\n<\/div><h1 class=\"alt-font text-white font-weight-700 center-col margin-35px-bottom xs-margin-15px-bottom word-wrap width-75 xs-width-95\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/baskan.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"baskan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/baskan.png 600w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/baskan-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/baskan-120x148.png 120w, https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/01\/baskan-81x100.png 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6  col-xs-mobile-fullwidth\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_icon_element vc_icon_element-outer vc_do_icon vc_icon_element-align-left\"><div class=\"vc_icon_element-inner vc_icon_element-color-custom vc_icon_element-size-xl vc_icon_element-style- vc_icon_element-background-color-grey\" ><span class=\"vc_icon_element-icon fas fa-quote-left\" style=\"color:#FFB931 !important\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"last-paragraph-no-margin\"><p>We are in a period where global competition is rapidly increasing, and firms in the textile sector are having difficulty with production and export. The sector is significantly struggling due to increasing production costs, impossible access to finance, and exchange rate policies. Consequently, many firms in the sector are forced to withdraw from the market.<\/p>\n<p>The textile sector holds strategic importance for the country&#8217;s economy. Its contribution to employment and exports is undeniable. Therefore, the sector must be supported to survive.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in this period where technological developments are transforming production processes, the textile sector is no longer just responsible for producing; it is also responsible for making a difference and shaping the future with sustainable solutions. As the Uluda\u011f Textile Exporters&#8217; Association, we have been striving for many years to lead this transformation. With this vision, we developed the Textile R&amp;D Project Market, which we first launched in 2009, to meet the needs of the era and have been organizing it as the TechXtile Challenge Design Competition for the last seven years. We are very excited and proud to have taken an important step by foreseeing this day years ago and to have reached today by building on our success each year.<\/p>\n<p>Growing in interest every year, the TechXtile Challenge has transformed into a comprehensive model that supports original ideas, combines design with technology, and strengthens the export vision with innovation. Going beyond just being a competition, this structure provides participants with many opportunities such as training, mentorship, investor meetings, and direct contact with the industry, allowing projects to mature. In this way, it produces applicable solutions for the sector while also enabling participants to discover their own potential.<\/p>\n<p>The TechXtile Challenge proceeds with an understanding that places the concepts of sustainability, digitalization, and entrepreneurship at the center of production. With a broad stakeholder network ranging from universities to start-ups, sector professionals to designers, it aims to build not just today but the future. Our increasing success every year shows how well-placed our steps have been.<\/p>\n<p>This year, within the scope of our competition, we aim to discover projects that touch upon the real needs of the textile industry, create added value with technology, and will guide exports. I extend my sincere thanks to all our stakeholders who contributed to the TechXtile Challenge, which is growing stronger in its seventh year, and I wish all applicants a productive process where they can bravely put forth their visions.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n<span class=\"text-extra-dark-gray text-large d-block margin-30px-top alt-font font-weight-600\">\n                    P\u0131nar TA\u015eDELEN ENG\u0130N<\/span><br><span class=\"d-block\">Chairman of the Board<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uluda\u011f Textile Exporters' Association (UT\u0130B) MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT We are in a period where global competition is rapidly increasing, and firms in the textile sector are having difficulty with production and export. The sector is significantly struggling due to increasing production costs, impossible access to finance, and exchange rate policies. Consequently, many firms in the sector are forced to withdraw from the market. The textile sector holds strategic importance for the country's economy. Its contribution to employment and exports is undeniable. Therefore, the sector must be supported to survive. On the other hand, in this period where technological developments are transforming production processes, the textile sector is no longer just responsible for producing; it is also responsible for making a difference and shaping the future with sustainable solutions. As the Uluda\u011f Textile Exporters' Association, we have been striving for many years to lead this transformation. With this vision, we developed the Textile R&amp;D Project Market, which we first launched in 2009, to meet the needs of the era and have been organizing it as the TechXtile Challenge Design Competition for the last seven years. We are very excited and proud to have taken an important step by foreseeing this...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22263"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22954,"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22263\/revisions\/22954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.techxtile.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}