Türkan
Founded 2021
Young Turkish perfume house launched in October 2021 by three women: designer Türkan Doğrulatan Turan, Pınar Bayoğlu and Beste Yazman. The brand says it set out to bring traditional cologne culture into modern life. It sells extrait and eau de parfum plus a cologne line, each scent with a number and a story.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
Numbered perfumes and colognes from three Istanbul founders
Türkan launched in October 2021, after work began in 2020 and 18 months of research, development and production. Three women set it up. Türkan Doğrulatan Turan designed the formulas after a 30-year career, M. Pınar Bayoğlu built the finance and sales side, and Beste Yazman runs its communication. The company behind it lists its address in Esenler, Istanbul.
Each scent has a name and a number, an idea the house credits to Pythagoras, and the names draw on myths and legends. Its extraits are made in Türkiye, according to their product pages. A second line, Cologne du Parfumeur, comes from the aim to revive traditional cologne culture in modern life: it blends lasting perfume essences with the fresh, cleansing feel of a cologne.
It has no shop of its own. In Istanbul its store list names Gizia at Galataport in Beyoğlu, Gizia Gate on Abdi İpekçi Caddesi in Nişantaşı, NICHE&CO at the Swissotel The Bosphorus in Beşiktaş, and Brandroom in the Akasya mall in Acıbadem. A 100 ml extrait costs 10,000 TL on its site, and a 50 ml cologne 2,250 TL. Try No/7 Agrumes first: its name means citrus, yet the formula has none.
- No/2 ÉquilibreBuilt on duality, the idea that life comes in pairs, with Timur pepper, grapefruit, orris and vetiver.
- No/6 CharmeThe number of balance and love, drawn as a star of two triangles joining sky and earth.
- No/7 AgrumesNamed for citrus but made without any: blackcurrant, jasmine, cedar and ambergris create the effect.
- No/9 MystiqueThe nine fairies of inspiration in one bottle, with cardamom, saffron, rose and leather.
Where to buy
- Gizia Galataport, Kılıçali Paşa Mah. Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. No:8, iç kapı no:102, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
- Gizia Gate Nişantaşı, Harbiye Mah. Abdi İpekçi Cad. No. 19-1, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
- Gizia Emaar Square, Ünalan, Libadiye Cd No:88, 34700 Üsküdar, Istanbul
- NICHE&CO, Swissotel The Bosphorus, Vişnezade, Acısu Sokağı No:19, 34357 Beşiktaş, Istanbul
- Brandroom Akasya AVM, Akasya Acıbadem AVM, Acıbadem, Istanbul
- Online at turkan.com.tr