Marble tiles & slabs supplier to the UK trade.

Turkey holds some of the world's largest white-marble reserves, and supplies more marble into the United Kingdom than any country except Italy. Karpat supplies marble tiles and marble slabs direct from the four principal Turkish marble belts — wholesale to UK stone merchants, fabricators and specifiers, delivered duty-paid to your yard. Every order is producer-matched to your colour, finish, format and quantity.

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Signature Turkish marbles

Four marbles buyers ask for by name.

Turkey's best-known marbles, held as polished 2 cm slabs; 3 cm and honed on request. These are photographs of actual slabs on A-frames, and every order is approved against photos of the slabs allocated to it.

Looking for a white that wears harder than marble? See Turkish dolomite.

Formats & finishes

Slabs, tiles, blocks, cut-to-size.

Supplied as gangsaw slabs (typically 2cm and 3cm), modular tiles, rough and squared blocks, and cut-to-size to your drawings. Finishes: polished, honed, brushed, sandblasted, antique/tumbled and leather. Edge profiling and bookmatching to specification.

• Stock varieties — about 2–3 weeks order-to-door.
• Cut-to-spec & colour-matched — about 5–6 weeks.
• Sample-first — control samples dispatched and signed off before the balance is committed, so the delivered batch matches the approved range.

Marble enters Great Britain duty-free; we deliver duty-paid (DDP) to your yard, invoiced in GBP, with the import handled at our end. Buyers with their own forwarders can also take CFR or CIF.

How we source

Producer-matched, project-specified.

Send the variety (or a target look), finish, dimensions, quantity and arrival window. We approach producers in the relevant region on your behalf, return comparative offers within three working days, and dispatch samples ahead of order confirmation. Every shipment carries proof of preferential origin — the exporter's declaration on origin, or an EUR.1 — CE Declaration of Performance, and BS EN 12058 / 1469 test reports as applicable.

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Specification & supply

Marble formats, loads and lead times.

Turkish marble is quarried in the Afyon, Muğla, Burdur, Bursa and Marmara belts and cut by gangsaw into slabs or calibrated into tiles. The table shows what we supply most; other sizes are cut to drawing.

Container loads

Stone loads by weight, not volume: a 20 ft container carries about 25 tonnes, so thickness sets how many square metres fit. Figures are approximate and confirmed line by line on every quotation.

Supply

• Lead time — stock items about 2–3 weeks order-to-door, cut-to-order 5–6 weeks, bespoke 6–10 weeks; a firm window comes with every quote (trade terms).
• Samples — a sample pack goes out with the quotation, and before shipping we send photographs and a slab or crate list of the actual material allocated to your order.
• Delivery & offload — delivered duty-paid to your yard or site and invoiced in GBP. Crates and bundles are offloaded by your forklift as standard; truck-mounted forklift or crane can be arranged. You can also collect from our warehouse at the Port of Tilbury or the Port of Liverpool.
• Ordering — from project quantities to full 20ft containers; smaller orders travel by groupage, and containers can be mixed across colours, sizes and finishes. 60% with order, 40% against shipping documents within 3 banking days. For cut-to-size and project work, see project supply. Open a trade account, or read our guide to importing natural stone.

Common questions

Marble — what UK buyers ask.

Polished or honed marble for floors?

Honed for floors, bathrooms and anywhere that gets wet: it keeps some grip and hides wear. Polished suits walls, vanities and low-traffic floors where the shine is the point.

Slabs or tiles — which should we buy?

Slabs, in 2 and 3 cm, for fabricators cutting worktops, vanities and stairs; calibrated tiles for flooring and wall contractors. Both can travel in the same container.

Which marbles do UK buyers ask for most?

Warm beiges and creams such as Burdur Beige, Miletus Cream and Seleucia Beige, whites with soft grey veining such as Milas White and Bianco Ibiza, and greys such as Grey Emperador. The full range is in our marble catalogue.

Can one container carry several marbles?

Yes. Colours and formats can be mixed in one container. Orders run from project quantities to full 20ft containers, and smaller orders travel by groupage.

Can we approve the actual slabs before shipping?

Yes. Samples come with the quotation, and before anything ships we send photographs and a slab list — numbers and sizes — of the slabs allocated to your order.