Karaca

Karaca is a Turkish home goods company from Istanbul. Hüseyin Karaca founded it in 1973 as Karaca Züccaciye, a small glass workshop in the Süleymaniye district with 30 workers. Today it sells tableware, cookware, cutlery, small kitchen appliances and home textiles under the Karaca name.

Range and milestones

• Porcelain dinner sets, including the Fine Bone series from 2007 and the Fine Pearl set from 2016
• Stainless steel pots and cutlery sets under its own brand since 1994
• Granite-coated cookware (Biogranit, 2014) and the Powersteel series made of 18/12/2 chromium-nickel-molybdenum steel
• Small appliances such as the Hatır machine for Turkish and filter coffee, plus air fryers and tea machines

Good to know

Karaca runs its own stores and web shops in Turkey and abroad, with English-language shops for the UK and shops for Germany, France and the Netherlands. Part of the porcelain range is produced abroad using kaolin from Limoges, according to the company. The group also owns the brands Emsan, Homend and Nautica Home.