Meet Meryem, Sibel and Hatice…three small business owners in Turkey.
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Meryem_SQ.jpg?268805483036836613)
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Sibel__SQ2.jpg?8208000323968838660)
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Hatice_SQ.jpg?268805483036836613)
As an embroider, florist and shop owner, these women are requesting microloans to grow their small businesses. With loans ranging from $250 to $600, they’ll buy more materials such as a greater variety of threads and flowers.
These microloans are a window of opportunity…
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/AegeanSea.jpg?3507271116638688874)
(Aegean Sea, Turkey)
for monument-al change for these women...
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Mosque.jpg?18188241014349103546)
(Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey)
to hold the Tur-key to their own success!
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Flag.jpg?3507271116638688874)
(Istanbul, Turkey)
So we are tea-ming up with this new country…
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Turkey_Tea.jpg?3349097545221450855)
(Mısır Çarşısı, Istanbul, Turkey)
to create a Turkey Tote that funds microloans for these small Turkish businesses.
![Turkey Tote (Limited)](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0220/2832/files/Turkey_Tote_Limited.jpg?118660450309495116)
Here's to sharing the Tur-key to success and to feeling good—because after all, it's Friday!
-Jack & Alley, Co-Founders