Appealing to different tastes of thousands of women in over 200 stores with Ipekyol, Twist and Machka brands, Ayaydın-Miroglio Group is one of the respectful and long established companies in the Turkish garment industry. Incepted by Yalçın Ayaydın in the retail garment industry in 1986, Ipekyol was established with the objective of designing the most desired women's clothing products and accessories, offering different shopping experiences, being an inspiration to the life style of the modern woman and becoming a multinational brand in its local and overseas stores. Since then, Ipekyol has proved to be among the top tier brands that have gained the fastest recognition and have solidified its position within the shortest time in Turkey. Twist brand was incepted in 1997 under the group with this achievement, knowledge and experience for women who are younger and prefer alternative clothing. In 2004, the group’s third brand Machka was born, and a successful cooperation was realized with the world renown fashion designers Ece-Ayşe Ege/Dice Kayek. The feminine and post romantic Machka collection prepared by Ece-Ayşe Ege became the first “pret-a porter” brand of Turkey to be one of the building blocks of the Turkish textile industry. Ayaydın that entered the retail garment industry first with Ipekyol brand in 1986 and grew with Twist brand in 1997 and Machka brand in 2004, incepted Ayaydın - Miroglio Group by merging with the Italian global textile and garment group Miroglio in 2008. Employing 2.007 employees, Ayaydın - Miroglio Group has the common characteristics of both two cultures and the two corporate brands.