Silmo Istanbul

Silmo Istanbul is the leading eyewear and optical trade fair in Turkey and the broader Eurasia region, held annually at the Istanbul Fair Center. The exhibition is a regional edition of Silmo Paris, the renowned French optical fair, organized in partnership with the Turkish optical industry. The show brings together approximately three hundred exhibitors from Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, presenting spectacle frames, sunglasses, ophthalmic lenses, contact lenses, optical workshop equipment, and eye care instruments. Trade visitors include opticians, optical retail buyers, lens processing technicians, and eye care professionals from Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, markets that are growing rapidly in demand for vision correction products and fashion eyewear. The event features the Silmo d'Or Istanbul awards recognizing outstanding eyewear design and optical innovation, and a technical conference program covering industry trends and market data for the Eurasian optical market. For eyewear manufacturers targeting the Turkish and Middle Eastern markets, this Istanbul fair is the most important regional optical industry gathering.