Şile

How does the name of a town become a fabric? Few come to Şile without seeing those fine, crinkled, light cotton cloths hanging in its market. Şile bezi, Şile cloth… Known for keeping you cool in summer, this fabric has been woven on the town’s looms from generation to generation, carrying the town’s name wherever it goes. So even someone who has never seen Şile may well be wearing a little piece of it…