Paşabahçe (pron. "pah-shah-BAH-che", lit. "pasha's garden") is a chain of around 50 retail stores selling glass art, glassware, crystal, and other homeware, based in the

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district of

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, part of the

Şişecam Şişecam (official name: Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları) is a Turkish glass manufacturing company. In the 2020 fiscal year, the company operated 43 plants in 14 countries. In terms of production capacity, Şişecam is the largest flat glass ...

company. It is named after the village of Paşabahçe that historically was famous for its glass furnaces. It features many designed inspired by Ottoman-era glasswork.

History

In 1935,

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, the founder of modern Turkey, ordered the bank

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to found Pasabahçe in

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to supply basic glassware for the country. The first products were glassware made from soda glass. 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) export businesses substantially expanded over the decades. Şişecam now manufactures in Bulgaria, Russia and Egypt as well. 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. Besides Paşabahçe Stores, Şişecam's brands includes Nude, Borcam and Zest Glass.

Branches

As of June 2024, there are 50 Paşabahçe stores, of which 47 in Turkey. 26 stores are in Istanbul of which 23 in malls, plus stores at Istanbul Airport, along prestigious

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, and at the Atatürk Cultural Center. 5 stores operate in

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, 4 in

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, 2 each in

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and

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, and 1 each in

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, Başiskele (Kocaeli) and

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. Two operate outside Turkey, both in

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, one at Doha Festival City and another at Porto Arabia on

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. There is 1 store in

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at Riyadh Park mall. In April 2024, Paşabahçe opened a store in the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) near

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in Istanbul. Unlike its other branches, this Paşabahçe store sells only hand-made products.

Gallery

Examples of historically inspired pieces File:Paşabahçe crystal-glasswork 1.jpg File:Paşabahçe crystal-glasswork 2.jpg File:Paşabahçe crystal-glasswork 3.jpg File:Paşabahçe crystal-glasswork 4.jpg File:Paşabahçe crystal-glasswork 5.jpg Paşabahçe store at Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Paşabahçe store at Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul.jpg Paşabahçe store at Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul 2.jpg

References

{{reflist Retail companies of Turkey Manufacturing companies of Turkey Glass art Glassmaking companies of Turkey