In Istanbul, the share of persons employed in the industrial sector within the active
labour force is 39.9%. In the sub-sector distribution in the industry sector, clothing is
first with 17%, textiles is second with 11% and machines and machine parts are third with 11% (Ministry of Information, Industry and Technology, 2009). For this reason, a
great number of the actual warehouses in Istanbul are used for textiles and yarns, machines
and machine parts.