About Us

As the Cosmetics and Cleaning Products Industry Association (KTSD), we represent manufacturers and importers in the cosmetics, cleaning and personal care sectors, which constitute an annual market of 53 billion TL as of the end of 2021 and contribute to the country's economy by recording double-digit growth even during the crisis years. By following the developments in the country and in the world, we support the development of the sectors we represent and we ensure that Turkey is positioned as a country at European standards in these fields through scientific-based projects that will benefit the country and society in the fields of cosmetics, cleaning, and personal care.

The Cosmetics and Cleaning Products Industry Association (KTSD) was established in Istanbul in 2010 through the merger of the Soap and Detergent Manufacturers Association (SDSD), founded in 1989, and the Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturers Association (KTMD), founded in 1993, to produce solutions for the needs of the cleaning and personal care industries. Therefore, it also represents an accumulation of experience reaching back to 1989.

The primary goal of the KTSD, which assures the union and wide representation of the manufacturing and importing companies in the sectors of cleaning and personal care products, is to support the development of the sectors it represents by closely monitoring both local and global developments.

The KTSD has accepted to bring to life scientific based projects on cleaning and personal care which will be beneficial for the country and society as well as to ensure the positioning of Turkey as a country with European standards in these sectors as one of its central responsibilities. The projects implemented by our Association in close contact with our sector and our Ministries have allowed the social responsibility approach to be displayed.

The short-term goals of the KTSD include "creating an information resource infrastructure for the Cleaning and Personal Care sectors in the light of market data and technical information". Planning to organize information meetings, training sessions, and seminars for the representatives of the relevant sectors, the KTSD is the strongest social stakeholder in the public sphere within the scope of the European Union harmonization policies of the sectors it represents.