# Global Standards News [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1690:elif-yarasik-appointed-as-gots-representative-in-turkey&catid=14) ## [Elif Yaraşık appointed as GOTS Representative in Turkey](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1690:elif-yarasik-appointed-as-gots-representative-in-turkey&catid=14) 25 July 2016 GOTS is pleased to announce Elif Yaraşık as the regional representative in Turkey. Turkey is the country with the second most GOTS certified facilities worldwide (469 in 2015) which makes it a very important sourcing market. Previously Elif has worked in textile both in manufacturing a… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1690:elif-yarasik-appointed-as-gots-representative-in-turkey&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1689:biofach-2016-delhi&catid=14) ## [GOTS at BioFach India 2016](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1689:biofach-2016-delhi&catid=14) 24 July 2016 GOTS INVITES YOU TO ITS BOOTH AT BIOFACH INDIA 2016, NEW DELHI, INDIA We are glad to invite you again to be a part of BIOFACH INDIA together with INDIA ORGANIC 2016, going to be held in New Delhi, India from 10th to 12th November, 2016. GOTS remains pledged to increasing awareness about certified… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1689:biofach-2016-delhi&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796:gots-news-may-2016&catid=14) ## [\[GOTS News\] - May 2016](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796:gots-news-may-2016&catid=14) 04 May 2016 TOPICS MAY 2016 GOTS 2015 Annual Report Released GOTS Revision 5.0 Licensing and Labelling Guide: New Release GOTS Permits GOTS Logo Use for GOTS Additives GOTS Succeeds in Activities Agai… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796:gots-news-may-2016&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797:gots-press-release-usa-gots-wins-civil-action-gots-files-ftc-complaint-re-false-organic-claims&catid=14) ## [GOTS Press Release - USA +++ GOTS Wins Civil Action +++ GOTS Files FTC Complaint re False Organic Claims](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797:gots-press-release-usa-gots-wins-civil-action-gots-files-ftc-complaint-re-false-organic-claims&catid=14) 07 April 2016 Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS): Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Wins Civil Action Against Mattress Companies; Files FTC Complaint re False “Organic” Claims in Apparel and Mattress Sectors Lawsuit and FTC complaint aim to reduce rampant false GOTS and organic claims as well as log… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1797:gots-press-release-usa-gots-wins-civil-action-gots-files-ftc-complaint-re-false-organic-claims&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1798:gots-press-release-india-bangladesh-growth-continues-new-figures-and-new-personnel&catid=14) ## [GOTS Press Release - India - Bangladesh +++ Growth continues +++ New Figures and New Personnel](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1798:gots-press-release-india-bangladesh-growth-continues-new-figures-and-new-personnel&catid=14) 19 February 2016 Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS): GOTS' growth continues +++ More than 840.000 workers in certified operations +++ New Standards Development Director &n… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1798:gots-press-release-india-bangladesh-growth-continues-new-figures-and-new-personnel&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1799:gots-pressemitteilung-wachstumskurs-haelt-an-neue-zahlen-neue-personalie&catid=14) ## [GOTS Pressemitteilung +++ Wachstumskurs hält an +++ Neue Zahlen +++ Neue Personalie](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1799:gots-pressemitteilung-wachstumskurs-haelt-an-neue-zahlen-neue-personalie&catid=14) 18 February 2016 Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS): Wachstumskurs hält an +++ Mehr als 840.000 Beschäftigte in GOTS zertifizierten Betrieben +++ Neuer Direktor für Standardentwicklung Stuttgart, 18. Februar, 2016 … [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1799:gots-pressemitteilung-wachstumskurs-haelt-an-neue-zahlen-neue-personalie&catid=14) [![image placeholder](https://gots.vorschau.website/images/news/1x1-white.jpg "image placeholder")](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1688:sdc-lecture-in-psg-college-coimbatore-india&catid=14) ## [SDC Lecture in PSG College, Coimbatore, India](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1688:sdc-lecture-in-psg-college-coimbatore-india&catid=14) 05 January 2016 Society of Dyers and Colourists EC, India organized an Expert Lecture in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. GOTS Representative in India Mr. Sumit Gupta, who also an associate (ASDC) of SDC, UK was invited as an external expert. The lecture was held on 12th September, 2015. The audience… [Read full article](https://gots.vorschau.website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1688:sdc-lecture-in-psg-college-coimbatore-india&catid=14)