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Paşabahçe store at Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul

Paşabahçe (pron. "pah-shah-BAH-che", lit. "pasha's garden") is a chain of around 50[2] retail stores selling glass art, glassware, crystal, and other homeware, based in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, Türkiye, part of the Şişecam company. It is named after the village of Paşabahçe that historically was famous for its glass furnaces.[3] It features many designed inspired by Ottoman-era glasswork.[4]

History

In 1935, Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Türkiye, ordered the bank Türkiye İş Bankası to found Pasabahçe in Beykoz to supply basic glassware for country. The first products were glassware made from soda glass.[2] In 1955, Şişecam adopted machine production, marking the first stage of today's automated production technology. In 1974, Şişecam began producing heat-resistant glassware. The company's modern retail stores launched in 1957. The wholesale and (starting in 1961)[2] export businesses substantially expanded over the decades.[5]

Şişecam now manufactures in Bulgaria, Russia and Egypt as well.[2]

Şişecam targets household, catering, and industrial segments with about 20,000 SKUs consisting of machine-created but also some – with over 20,000 different products, specializing in automated production as well as handmade products. Today, Şişecam has a huge customer base across 140 countries with its global production of glassware.[2]

Besides Paşabahçe Stores, Şişecam's brands includes Nude, Borcam and Zest Glass.[2]

Branches

As of June 2024, there are 50 Paşabahçe stores, of which 47 in Türkiye. 26 stores are in Istanbul of which 23 in malls, plus stores at Istanbul Airport, along prestigious Baghdad Avenue, and at the Atatürk Cultural Center. 5 stores operate in Ankara, 4 in İzmir, 2 each in Antalya and Bursa, and 1 each in Adana, Denizli, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Bodrum, Mersin, Başiskele (Kocaeli) and Konya. Two operate outside Türkiye, both in Qatar, one at Doha Festival City and another at Porto Arabia on The Pearl Island.[6] There is 1 store in Saudi Arabia at Riyadh Park mall.[7]

In April 2024, Paşabahçe opened a store in the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) near Taksim Square in Istanbul. Unlike its other branches, this Paşabahçe store sells only hand-made products.[8]

Gallery

Examples of historically inspired pieces

Paşabahçe store at Atatürk Kültür Merkezi

References

  1. ^ "Address". Paşabahçe. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "About Us". Paşabahçe. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ "The Report: Turkey 2009". Oxford Business Group. 2009. p. 232. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ Aran, Lale Surmen; Aran, Tankut (19 April 2016). Rick Steves Istanbul. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-63121-306-9. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Mağazalarımız" [Our stores (Turkish version)]. Paşabahçe Mağazaları. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Store addresses (English version)". Paşabahçe. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Paşabahçe Mağazaları yeni şubesini AKM'de açtı" [Paşabahçe Stores opened its new branch in AKM]. www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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