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Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: jezz on January 17, 2008, 21:30:27 PM
Hi We have recently bought in Calis have bought most of the furniture but where to buy duvets and bedding on quite a large scale.We will be out in February, is it best to buy from UK or is there somewhere anyone can recommend that sells good reasonably price bedding.[?]
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: tinkerman on January 17, 2008, 21:37:56 PM
Welcome to te forum Duvets Pillows and Sheets:D

we bought all ours over there ;)
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: JacM on January 17, 2008, 23:23:17 PM
But where did you get them from?

I was looking at the end of the winter and couldn't find much locally so brought from home in the end (they didn't weigh much or take up much space)
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: Liz 101 on January 18, 2008, 00:14:45 AM
Might be better to buy the sheets, pillowcases & duvet covers in the UK, a lot of the stuff you buy in Turkey needs to be ironed
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: Twin Bee on January 18, 2008, 00:52:22 AM
Duvets we brought in UK. If left unpacked they don't take up much room in a suitcase. Sheets we had made in Fethiye. If you are using a management company they will be able to order them. Likely they will be made in 24 hours!
Don't buy white sheets in Turkey as they go grey when washed -opt for cream.
Stuart
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: pookie on January 18, 2008, 08:00:19 AM
Initially bought duvets in Kalkan, but not the lovely fluffy feather variety you can buy so cheaply now in the UK.  So I then bought more in the Next sale and carried them out.  I found some lovely egyptian cotton sheets in Fethiye but for the life of me I can't think where - fat lot of good eh ?!:D  But you can definately get them.  And mine haven't turned grey - they are brilliant white - must have something to do with the soap powder (which always seems to smell so much nicer in Turkey[^] !).
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: gt on January 18, 2008, 09:05:32 AM
try the top road in fethiye,where the calis dolmus stops climb the hill and turn left loads of shops selling goods,but just as cheap on the fethiye market
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: Twin Bee on January 18, 2008, 11:34:30 AM
Pookie that is men for you; they can never wash anything without the colours running - but I do use soap powder honest!
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: tonysue on January 18, 2008, 12:08:15 PM
I also need to buy a load of bedding when I come out in March, again I was going to buy white. I think it is the make up of the material and the temperature it is washed at that will determine as to it going grey.100% cotton can be washed at high temperature and bleached without going grey, although it will shink slightly. The higher the polyester content 50/50, will not tolerate high washing temperatures or bleach and is impossible to iron if put on a hot wash.Does anybody know the price of those heavy cotton blankets used in hotels?
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: bewva on January 18, 2008, 12:22:18 PM
We bought pillows from Migros, thick cotton overblankets from a shop in Fethiye but we have never used them. Everything else from UK.
We find that we only use quilt if its cold or single thin sheet in summer.
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: suzi Q on January 18, 2008, 14:16:51 PM
Jezz, brought all ours from UK but don't forget Turkish beds are a different size to British beds. first of all they aren't as high so if your buying valances they need to be taken up,also they are slightly longer in length.
We brought matteress protectors in fethiye one wash and they shrunk!
Also had a problem trying to buy feather pillows.
We looked at things like throw overs and suchlike but found they were better value and better quality in UK.
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: mercury on January 18, 2008, 15:35:44 PM
We have bought some good quality duvets from Migros. 25TL on sale now for doubles. Pillows also from Migros. We have had our for 12 months and they still "bounce back" Sheets we got in England because they were on sale over there. We bought duvet covers in England just because we prefer the style of them in England and they are better quality.
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: julesbob0303 on January 18, 2008, 17:51:35 PM
We bought bedding (sheets, pillow cases etc) from a little shop in Gunlukbasi.  They are really good quality and an excellent price. The man in the shop doesn't speak a word of english, but he phones someone in Fethiye who speaks perfect english and then puts you on the phone!  It was good fun, and we eventually got exactly what we wanted - white good quality sheets which the creases dropped out of within 24 hours.  Don't know what they wash like - we only had two nights in our new apartment before returning home.  Be back out in March - guess I'll have to wash them then!

Everything else we brought over from the UK - it was easier (though he did have an excellent choice, to be fair to him.) Julie
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: puma on January 18, 2008, 18:27:57 PM
like most of the posters bought from home,taking over some cotton mattress protecters next trip cheaper in england then turkey
bought the thick blankets from a shop in fethiye glad we bought them used them this winter
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: Elsa Padfield on January 18, 2008, 19:06:34 PM
We bought initially in Fethiye but they're cotton and need ironing.  They haven't gone grey at all so that's OK.  We bought some in the UK and took them over.  We took some duvets with us, we didn't put them in a case but left them in thier packaging and put that into a large black sack.  The pillows etc were bought in Fethiye.  As it's been noted, it's better value in the UK.  Materess protectors didn't fit though when we brought them over and I had to cut off the fitted bit and just leave the top bit.
Title: Duvets,Sheets and Pillows
Post by: Scunner on January 18, 2008, 19:25:35 PM
I don't know anything about duvets. The last time I went to a duvet shop in England I misunderstood a "Duck Down" sign and hurt my head quite badly.