Founded in 1972 by the Celet family, DESA continues its journey today as a public company with the target of being a fashion brand "born in Istanbul but becoming a citizen of World".
Introducing flap-over, shoulder bags for the first time to the Turkish women in early 70’s and strengthening this innovative vision with countless innovations and firsts, DESA is proud to be Turkey's leading producer and brand of leather and leather products.
DESA is one of the few companies operating both in manufacturing and retail industries, and owns fully integrated leather production facilities of 45.500 m2 in total located in Çorlu, Sefaköy, and Düzce. DESA is a retail giant with total 132 points of sales in Turkey, including 65 DESA stores, 35 Samsonite stores, and 9 Trunk&Co stores.
DESA has head offices in Germany and UK, and also showrooms in Canada, Italy, and France. With DESA and DESA NINETEENSEVENTYTWO, company is presenting its unique lines of bags, leather goods and leather garments at more than 109 retailers around the Globe.
The first and only Turkish leather company included in Fortune 500 list, elected "Super Brand" in 2005, joined the Turquality program in 2006, and being the export champion of the Turkish leather industry for the last five years, DESA contributes to the Turkish economy significantly with the export and employment potential it creates.
DESA opened one of the first online retail business websites of Turkey with desa.com.tr in 2004, and invests both to e-commerce and social media, an important channel where it meets with the consumers.
Seeking to have creative and hard-working team members, who are integrated with the entire World and have one eye on the future human resource that lives today but thinks about the future, DESA offers its employees the opportunity of specializing in the fashion, brand management, production and retail sectors and building an international career in a public company.