The Iznik Tile Foundation has produced tile embroidery of the camphor tree, which is considered sacred by the Japanese, for the Japan Tokai Subway.
Çini Foundation consists of about 600 tiles for Istanbul Metro and Kadıköy He produced a work depicting the Ottoman Waterways that would decorate the walls in his region. The assembly of these tiles has also started.
Its first production dates back to the 3 millennium before Christ, but in the history of Islam 9 after Christ. century in the center of China's acquaintance Iznik, especially 15 and 17. In the 17th century it was known as the capital of China.
Tile Foundation Production Manager Yasemin Koç said that the subway decoration will begin soon in Tokai, one of the famous cities of Japan, with the tiles they have been making in their workshops in Iznik for a while, and the work that will decorate the subway is a copy of the Camphor tree, which is considered sacred for the Japanese.
The Iznik Tile Foundation had previously produced 5 tiles for Dubai Sheikh Al Maktoum's bath and 7 for the Islamic Center in England. Famous fashion designer Calvin Klein also had tiles made in Iznik for his house in the USA.
Camphor tree, which is located in Japan and South China and some Far East countries, is known as a laurel tree which has a life span of nearly one thousand years.
Camphor material derived from the tree which is named after the chemical which is named as camphor, is used as heart and respiratory antiseptic, mostly in the form of oily injections. Turkey 10-15 tons per year are imported camphor.
