At Tureks Turunç Madencilik, we take pride in processing the most valuable treasure nature has to offer – natural stone and marble, with love and care, and delivering them to every corner of the world. Our exciting journey began in Afyon in 1982, and over the years, it has grown and evolved with our brand, Marble Systems, allowing us to offer custom-designed natural stone and marble products to more than 50 countries on five continents. In the United States, we have around 1,000 dealers, 7 warehouses, and 12 showrooms.
12 Showrooms,
7 warehouses and 1000 dealers
Custom-designed natural stone and marble products to more than 50 countrieson five continents
Decades of
global experience
At Tureks, we are proud to be at the forefront of the natural stone industry, delivering high-impact, world-renowned projects that leave a lasting impression on global architecture and design. With decades of expertise, we transform nature’s most exquisite materials into timeless surfaces that elevate both private and public spaces.
We strive to be a global leader in the natural stone industry, known for quality, craftsmanship, and sustainability. Our goal is to inspire innovation in design and create timeless surfaces that connect people with nature, shaping the future of architecture with eco-friendly, creative solutions.
Exports to a company founded by a younger generation in the United States under the name Marble Systems continue to grow, with the company proudly marketing 100% domestically produced marble tiles, all produced in Türkiye. Tureks' name was first heard in the international arena at the Marmomac fair, which included marble and natural stone theologies, held in Verona Sant'ambrogio in 1989. In these years, two new mines were opened in the Sivrihisar and İnegöl regions, with the idea that we should produce our own raw materials.
In 1988, with the commissioning of the Afyon Organized Industrial Zone, the foundation was laid for a facility with Türkiye's top 30.000 modern marble processing and tile production capacity on a 2 m² site, which was deemed suitable among the first applications. Immediately following construction, the cutting machines and the Pedrini-brand tile line, which had proven itself in those days, were commissioned by the end of the year.
In 1987, a step was taken with the import of an Italian-made Gregory-brand tile line, manufactured under limited conditions during a trial phase to reduce the difficulties involved in transforming semi-finished goods from Italy into tiles and shipping them to the United States, and to establish marble tile production in Türkiye. The discovery of the function of a used 12-ton forklift, which the father, who had been wrapped up and bought without telling anyone, found in the truck where the machine, eagerly awaited by 3 employees, had wrapped up and bought, became the main focus of attention, and was celebrated with dance music. At the first National Marble Natural Stone Fair, held in the courtyard of the ITU Maçka Stone Building Campus at the end of 1987, Tureks A.Ş. exhibited its own marble tile products.
Another important step was taken in the journey of processing Türkiye's marble in Türkiye, when the father had his first ST (marble block rubble sizing) machine manufactured in order to send half-cut slabs instead of blocks, in an area behind the gas station of which he was a dealer, due to the lack of organized industrial structures at the time. With the contribution of this entrepreneurial spirit to the export winds blowing in Türkiye in those years, "Natural stone and marble" It is also underlined that it is an important resource and investments on the subject begin in the country.
Research conducted on both sides in 1982-83 revealed that, under the prevailing conditions in Türkiye at the time, only thick, semi-finished raw slabs were manufactured. In the US, marble was used and sought after in luxury construction, but 90% of the purchases were made from Italy. It all started with the father's bold move of sending the blocks to Italy, where they were subcontracted according to Italian standards and then exported to the United States.
The seeds of Tureks A.Ş. and Marble Systems were sown in 1982, after completing his education in the United States, through the collaboration of a son who was trying to enter business abroad and a father who was a dealer for the most important corporate companies in Türkiye at the time, which he took over from his grandfather. It all started with the father's choice of marble for the house he built for his family. "Natural stones and marbles are a great asset for our country, but they are not given the value they deserve." It started with the principle of.
