Cotton is the most important raw material for textile industry even though there is an increased interest in man-made fibres in recent years. As well known, fibre properties should be suitable to the quality of yarn to be produced. Therefore fibre properties need to be determined correctly. In this work, we aimed to determine both the properties of cotton fibres taken from different regions of our country, which is one of the most important cotton producers, and to observe the variations in fibre properties according to the years as part of the previous works studied earlier. Thus, this work will also contribute to a database for the change in Turkish cotton properties over the years.
In this study, 15 different cotton samples from Aegean, GAP and Cukurova regions of Turkey were collected, in years 2002 and 2003 respectively. These samples were tested using Uster HVI tester to determine the fibre properties. Also, the variation in fibre properties of samples taken from the same locations over the years 2002 and 2003 was examined.
Key Words: Cotton, Fibre Properties, Location
