Independent procurement office · Istanbul, Türkiye
SourceAC works for buyers, not suppliers. We specify what you need, run a fair and documented sourcing process across Turkish manufacturers, and report to you at every stage until your goods are shipped.
Türkiye → Europe · sourcing corridor
Our principle
Trust should not depend only on what we say. It should be visible in the process.
So we do not ask for blind trust. Every stage ends with a document you can check, every supplier quotes on the same approved brief, and the final decision is always yours.
What we do
Three disciplines, run as one process. Use all of them, or only the part you need.
Discover
We map Türkiye's manufacturers for your product and build a qualified shortlist, including suppliers you nominate.
Compare
A clear specification in, comparable quotations out, with every negotiation round on record.
Verify
Checks by independent or buyer-selected partners, with their reports passed to you unedited.
The method
Every SourceAC project follows the same six stages. Each one ends with something you can read, check and keep.
We write the Procurement Brief with you, and you approve it.
Milestone 1 · 25%We map Turkish manufacturers, including your own nominations.
Milestone 1 · 25%We check company, factory, certificates, capacity and exports.
Milestone 2 · 35%Suppliers quote on the same brief; we normalize and negotiate.
Milestone 3 · 40%Audits, samples and tests by independent partners.
After awardProduction follow-up, inspection and loading, to shipment.
After awardStaying informed
Every project gets a reference number. At each stage you receive a written status report like this one, and every document behind it goes into a shared project folder.
Sectors
We start with two sectors in which Türkiye has deep manufacturing capacity and where we have direct industry access.
Sector 01
Cookware, tableware and kitchen products for retail, hospitality and contract supply. Türkiye exports housewares to more than 150 countries, and Europe is its largest market.
Sector 02
Profiles, castings, fabricated and machined parts from Turkish aluminium and metal processors. The aluminium industry alone exports more than US$5 billion a year.
Why Türkiye
Türkiye combines industrial depth with direct access to European markets. Our job is to turn that potential into a supplier you can rely on.
Industrial goods move between Türkiye and the EU under a customs union, with an A.TR movement certificate.
The housewares sector exports more than US$3 billion a year. Europe is its largest market.
Production capacity is around three times what the domestic market needs.
One to three hours ahead of Western Europe, so most questions are answered the same working day.
Sources: European Commission, EU–Türkiye customs union · ZÜCDER, Turkish housewares association, 2025 · TALSAD, Turkish aluminium industrialists' association, 2025
Trust by design
We represent the buyer. Suppliers we already know compete on the same terms as everyone else.
You see the brief, the suppliers, the original quotations and the reasons behind our recommendation.
Audits, inspections and tests are carried out by independent or buyer-selected partners.
Every paid milestone has a named deliverable. If suitable supply cannot be found, we document why.
Ask SourceAC
Tell us what you want to source from Türkiye. We reply with the next steps and a proposal for the first stage.