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Photograph of a wheel loader carrying a block of white marble across a marble quarry, an excavator behind it.

Istanbul export partner

Turkish marble for US importers.

Facade cladding, pavers, pool coping and tile, checked at the mill before the container is sealed.

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First order: one 20 ft container, mixed sizes · FOB İzmir or Mersin

First order

No stock in the US; every order is produced or picked to order.

Order size
One 20 ft container. Sizes and finishes from one mill mix easily; the practical minimum per item is one crate. First orders in the FAQ
Loading and freight
FOB İzmir or Mersin by default; CIF or DAP to your US port if you want us to book the freight. Quoted in US dollars. Ask for a container quote
Payment
The usual structure in this trade is a deposit on order confirmation with the balance against shipping documents, or a letter of credit for larger volumes. We set the exact terms per order and write them into the quotation. Payment terms
More terms in the FAQ
See the stones

Finding the right mill

Meydan Building Materials is an Istanbul sourcing and export company: we find the mill for each item and check the goods before they ship.

How an order runs

Marble: four stones

From the marble districts of western Anatolia.

The marble program
  • Photograph of a slab of Cream marble, light greige with soft clouds and fine darker veins.

    Cream

  • Photograph of a polished Atlantic Gray marble slab with fine white veins and darker gray clouds.

    Atlantic Gray

  • Illustration of the polished face of Akhisar Beige marble.

    Akhisar Beige

  • Illustration of the polished face of Diana Royal marble.

    Diana Royal

Each marble comes in two grades, Select and Standard. The quote names the grade, and the container is checked against it. What the grades mean

Product lines

Facades, steps, pools and floors

Cladding, steps, stepping stones and custom pieces are cut to the project. Tile, pavers and coping also come in standard US sizes. Marble sizes

  • Photograph of a wall clad in light beige marble panels laid in staggered courses.

    Facade cladding

    Panels in fixed or free lengths, laid horizontally or vertically.

  • Photograph of light marble steps in sunlight, the shadow of each step falling across the next.

    Stairs and steps

    Treads cut to the stair, for indoor and outdoor stairs.

  • Photograph of a pool wall clad in light gray marble, with water falling from a spout into the pool.

    Pools and coping

    Coping with a rounded edge, pool walls and the deck around the pool.

  • Photograph of light marble stepping stones crossing a lawn to a house entrance clad in marble.

    Stepping stones

    Garden paths laid straight, staggered or zigzag.

  • Photograph of light beige marble tiles laid in a grid.

    Tile and pavers

    Floor and wall tile; pavers for terraces and paths.

  • Photograph of a wall with a band of finely grooved marble above a band of honed marble.

    Grooves and profiles

    Grooved bands, edge profiles and custom pieces cut on CNC.

Finishes, shown on Cream

  • Close-up of polished cream marble with soft brown veining.

    Polished

    Indoors

  • Close-up of brushed cream marble with a soft, worn sheen.

    Brushed

    Indoors and out

  • Close-up of cream marble cut with close vertical grooves.

    Grooved

    Outdoors

  • Close-up of a bush-hammered cream marble face, evenly pitted.

    Bush-hammered

    Outdoors

Ask which finishes each stone takes; the quote names the finish.

In use

On finished buildings

  • Photograph of terraced houses on a wooded hillside, clad in light marble panels.
    Cladding on terraced houses on a wooded hillside.
  • Photograph of a modern house with a cantilevered upper floor, its walls clad in light marble.
    Cladding on a house with a cantilevered upper floor.
  • Photograph of a two-story house clad in tall gray-beige marble panels.
    Vertical panels on a two-story house.
  • Photograph of an office building with light marble bands between rows of windows.
    Bands of marble across an office front.

Buildings in Türkiye; photographs supplied by the mill.

How an order runs

  • Photograph of a block saw cutting a marble block, with sunlight through the dust.

    Sawing the block

  • Photograph of a multi-wire saw cutting a block into slabs under a water spray.

    Slabbing on a wire saw

  • Photograph of a bridge saw blade cutting marble pieces to size.

    Cutting to size

  • Photograph of polishing heads running over stone under water.

    Polishing

  1. Sourcing

    We match your item to a mill that makes it.

  2. Quotation

    One written quote: price basis, packing, lead time, Incoterms, payment terms and validity.

  3. Samples

    You approve a set of range samples, lightest to darkest; the shipment is checked against it.

  4. Inspection before loading

    Someone from our side or a surveyor we appoint checks the goods at the mill before the container is sealed; it is part of our price.

  5. Export file and freight

    Commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin that match the goods in the box.

How we work, step by step

The origin

Türkiye in the US stone market

Country figures, 2025

US imports of natural stone from Türkiye in 2025
$385 million
Türkiye's rank among natural stone supplier countries, behind Brazil and Italy
3rd
All US imports under subheading 6802.91, every origin
$1.13 billion

Demand and distribution are both concentrated in Texas, California, Florida, New York and Illinois.

Source: Turkish Ministry of Trade, US Natural Stone Market Report, May 2026, citing USITC DataWeb.

Photograph of polished gray marble pieces leaning against a wall clad in the same stone, in low afternoon sun.

Range samples, lightest to darkest

Samples of standard items are free. Typically a set of range samples is three or four pieces per selection, light to dark: around 6 × 6 in for tile and a 6 × 12 in piece for pavers and coping, under our own label, with current-lot photographs.

Request range samples

Mustafa Gedik

Export Manager

We reply within one business day, Türkiye time (UTC+3).

How samples work

Furkan Barış, Managing Director