(Dnline) 2.6% goat milk, and 0.3% water buffalo milk (Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu, 2016). A large proportion of the milk produced in Turkey is cow milk; 52.2% of the cow milk produced is processed in industrial plants. Dut of the remaining, 21.5% is used to produce dairy products at home, 10.5% is directly sold to non-industrial buyers, 8.2% is consumed directly at home, 5.0% is used to feed animals, 2.2% is given free of charge, and 0.4% is consumed by other uses (Türkiye Ziraat Ddaları Birliği, 2011). According to the data of the Turkish Food and Beverage Ondustry Onventory, 1,523 businesses operated a milk house and produced cheese in 2012 (Federatıon of Food and Drınk Ondustry Assocıatıons of Turkey, 2014). Similarly, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock reported that there were 52 companies that produced pasteurized milk, 31 companies that produced ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk, and 23 companies that produced powdered milk in Turkey in 2012 (Turkey, 2015). On the same year, 790 white cheese producers, 674 kashar cheese producers, and 342 tulum cheese producers were reported. According to another study, 1,772 businesses existed in the Turkish dairy industry in 2012; 268 of these never purchased milk (Güneş, 2013). The businesses in the milk and the dairy product industry, based on the structure and the range of products, can be categorized into dairy farms and small-sized enterprises that produce specific products at specific times in the year. Therefore,