Turkish Stones

Designist’s Lamartine Hotel Taksim features a sophisticated use of Lycia Beige and Tundura Gray marble from Afyon, Burdur, and Isparta, Nero Picasso marble from Kırşehir at the reception, and Pietra Grey marble in the breakfast room, blending historical context with fluid, organic interiors.

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We conducted an engaging interview with Ömer Hamulu and Erdem Hamulu of Pimodek Architecture for Turkish Stones, focusing on their architectural approach, use of natural stone, and material-driven design philosophy.

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Turkish Stones

Udesign Architecture’s Yapı & Yapı Office is defined by the extensive use of Silver Shadow marble from Isparta, shaping a refined and luxurious spatial identity throughout key areas of the project.

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Türkiye’s rich natural stone resources highlight a diverse range of marble, travertine, granite, and onyx, with stones such as Afyonkarahisar White Marble, Burdur Beige, and Muğla Rosso Levanto standing out in international markets.

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Turkey is one of the world’s leading stone countries, with rich reserves and high production quality; it holds a strong global brand position, especially in marble and travertine. Imports are generally limited and project-based, mainly for specific color or technical requirements, supporting market diversity. Overall, Turkish stone plays a decisive role in the international market with its quality and design strength.

Designed by Pimodek Architecture in Göktürk, Istanbul, Vural House reinterprets a 1990s residence through a refined palette of natural stones—from Milas Lilac and Toros marble to slate—where fireplaces, floors, and interior surfaces use material continuity to blur the boundaries between contemporary living and timeless craftsmanship.

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Located in eastern Anatolia, the Ahlat Seljuk Cemetery reveals stone as a living archive of memory, where carved gravestones embody Seljuk craftsmanship through inscriptions, ornamentation, and individual traces of labor that transform stone into a communicative surface of identity and belief.

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Salome marble is a timeless Anatolian stone defined by its soft tones, fine texture, and quiet elegance, offering a refined and versatile material language for contemporary and classic spaces alike.

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Stone introduces a sense of weight and calm into lighting design, transforming illumination into a spatial experience rather than a purely functional act. In the Türkiye context, translucent marbles such as onyx from Afyon and Bilecik, as well as fine-grained light marbles from Marmara and Muğla, are particularly suited to lighting applications due to their ability to soften and diffuse light. Used this way, stone becomes not a surface, but a medium through which light is shaped, filtered, and felt.

This material sensitivity is also reflected in Merve Kahraman’s “Sare” collection, where Turkish stones, including white, light blue, dark green, amber, cream, cherry, black, and pink marbles, are used to explore the tactile and atmospheric qualities of light through stone.

Stone introduces a sense of weight and calm into lighting design, transforming illumination into a spatial experience rather than a purely functional act. In the Türkiye context, translucent marbles such as onyx from Afyon and Bilecik, as well as fine-grained light marbles from Marmara and Muğla, are particularly suited to lighting applications due to their ability to soften and diffuse light. Used this way, stone becomes not a surface, but a medium through which light is shaped, filtered, and felt.