🧵 How Turkish Cotton Towels Are Made: From Cotton Fields to Your Bathroom (2025 Guide)
By Nesis / SaleTurkishTowels — Premium Home & Hotel Textiles Manufacturer, Türkiye
Turkish cotton towels — especially those produced in the Denizli & Buldan region — are among the most preferred products in the global home textile and hotel & spa sectors.
So, what makes these towels so exceptional?
And how exactly does the production process work?
In this comprehensive 2025 guide, we walk you through each stage — from cotton fields to the finished towel — as a Turkish manufacturer.
🌱 1. Long-Staple Turkish Cotton: The Foundation of Quality
The quality of Turkish towels comes from long-staple cotton fibers.
✔ Longer fibers mean:
- Stronger yarn
- More durable fabric
- Softer touch
- Higher absorbency
- Longer lifespan
Türkiye’s Aegean Region grows some of the world’s best long-staple cotton, often certified with OEKO-TEX standards.
🧵 2. Spinning — Turning Cotton into Yarn
Harvested cotton is first cleaned, combed, and then processed in spinning machines.
Common yarn types used in Turkish towel production:
- Ring-spun cotton
- Open-end cotton
- Combed cotton (premium quality)
- Zero-twist cotton (ultra-soft)
At Nesis, we primarily work with:
- Combed Cotton
- Ring-Spun 20/2 – 20/3 – 16/1
- Zero Twist yarn options
🧶 3. Dyeing — Bringing Color to the Fabric
Yarn or fabric is then dyed using one of three methods:
3 Main Dyeing Techniques:
- Yarn Dyeing — highest quality, best for hotels
- Fabric Dyeing
- Garment Dyeing — used for stonewashed/washed-look towels
Hotels prefer yarn-dyed towels because:
- Colors stay vibrant
- No fading
- High wash durability
🎛 4. Looms & Weaving — The Heart of Denizli
Weaving is the most crucial step in Turkish towel production.
Machines commonly used in Denizli & Buldan:
- Dobby looms
- Jacquard looms
- Air-jet looms
- Rapier looms
Types of weaves:
- Terry towel weaving
- Jacquard weaving
- Peshtemal / fouta weaving (thin, fast-drying)
- Waffle weaving
- Stonewashed weaving
- Double-faced towel weaving
At this stage, factors such as:
- GSM
- Thickness
- Softness
- Absorbency
- Pattern
- Weight
are fully determined.
✂️ 5. Cutting & Stitching
The woven fabric arrives in large rolls.
Skilled workers perform precision cutting and stitching.
This includes:
- Edge overlock
- Double-stitch reinforcement
- Label stitching
- Hanging loops
- Brand labels
- Child-safe stitching
- Hotel-grade finishing seams
🧼 6. Pre-Washing & Quality Control
Finished towels are often pre-washed.
This step ensures:
✔ Reduced lint
✔ Increased absorbency
✔ Softer fiber structure
✔ Ready-to-use feel
QC teams then check:
- Color fastness
- Shrinkage rate
- Stitch durability
- GSM accuracy
- Size measurement accuracy
📦 7. Packaging
Packaging varies by brand and project needs:
- Kraft belly bands
- Custom gift boxes
- Transparent opp/kraft bags
- Private label tags
- EAN / UPC barcodes
- Multi-piece sets (2, 4, 6 pcs)
Hotels usually prefer minimal, transparent packaging.
🌍 8. Final Step: Global Shipping
Premium Turkish towels are exported worldwide:
- Germany
- Netherlands
- France
- USA
- Canada
- UK
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Sweden
Shipping options include air freight, road transport and sea freight.
🏆 Why Are Turkish Cotton Towels Better? (Summary)
- Longer cotton fibers → durability + softness
- OEKO-TEX certified materials
- High absorbency
- Traditional craftsmanship + modern machines
- Centuries of weaving heritage
- Premium quality control standards
- Hotel & spa–grade production
🧩 Private Label Cotton Towel Production
At Nesis / SaleTurkishTowels, we offer:
- OEM manufacturing
- Hotel collections
- Spa & hammam towels
- Jacquard collections
- Peshtemal / fouta
- Waffle & stonewashed towels
- Logo labels
- Embroidery & printing
- Custom sizes & GSM
- Set packaging
We export worldwide with low MOQ options:
👉 Minimum 100–250 pcs per color/model
📞 Contact for Wholesale & Private Label
Nesis – SaleTurkishTowels
Premium Home & Hotel Textiles Manufacturer — Türkiye
WhatsApp: +90 530 760 0599
Email: sales@saleturkishtowels.com
Website: https://www.saleturkishtowels.com