Dara Sabun

Dara Sabun: Handmade Natural Soap from Mardin

Dara Sabun is a family soap maker from Mardin, in southeastern Türkiye. The brand takes its name from the ancient city of Dara, part of Mardin’s cultural heritage. For generations, people in Anatolia made their own soap at home from plants such as bıttım (terebinth), menengiç, almond and apricot, and the family learned the craft from their grandparents.

Since 2005, two generations have made every bar by hand, using traditional cauldron cooking and cold-process methods, then air-drying the soaps for a long time. Bıttım, olive oil and other plant ingredients come from local producers in the region. The soaps contain no animal fat, parabens, artificial colours or artificial fragrance, and are not tested on animals.

At Shop of Turkey you can buy Dara Sabun bıttım, menengiç, olive oil, laurel, donkey milk, goat milk and pumpkin-fibre soaps, along with natural bath loofahs, cotton kese mitts and horsehair body brushes, shipped worldwide from Istanbul.