SEPICI means tanner. Literally. When the surname law was established in 1927, our founder Mehmet Sepici (1907-1981) had chosen this surname aptly. Mehmet Sepici tanned leather from an early age. In 1930, he established his own company Mehmet SEPICI Leather Dye-House and earned a place as leather hat and sheep upper producer in the labour intensive leather sector. From 1950 onwards, with his four sons, increased capacity and with the prospering turkish

economy the factory moved to Yesildere which was a leather work area at the time. The name changed to Mehmet Sepici and Sons Collective Company and filled with entrepreneurial dynamism greater business opportunities were achieved, market share grew considerably; eventually Yesildere became inadequate for the vision of Sepici family. Early 1970's, the foundations of Caybasi plant was formed opening the road to industrialization and higher advancement.

Vegetable tanning is the most traditional way of tanning hides. Unlike chrome tanning, it can take up to forty days to produce a piece of skin using only natural ingredients such as the bark of chestnut trees to tan the leather. This means the finished product color is usually warm, rich tones of natural browns differing from tannery to tannery based on their way of tanning.

Vegetable tanned leather has a limited risk to consumer's health, including allergies and a reduced environmental impact, since it is manufactured with almost no chemical substances. It is one of a few products that is both high quality and environmentally friendly at the same time. Vegetable tanning uses processes which have been passed on for decades from generation to generation of master craftsmen.