Türkiye Süt, Et, Gıda Sanayicileri ve Üreticileri Birliği - SETBİR

What Türkiye Süt, Et, Gıda Sanayicileri ve Üreticileri Birliği - SETBİR does

SETBİR (Türkiye Süt, Et, Gıda Sanayicileri ve Üreticileri Birliği) is a Turkish non-profit industry association (Dernek) founded in 1976 that serves as the umbrella organization for Turkey's leading dairy, meat, and food processing companies. The association's primary constituents are enterprise-level dairy and red meat processors, with named members including SÜTAŞ, Pınar Süt, EKER, Tarım Kredi Süt, Kromel Makine, DİMES, and Novonesis Türkiye. Its core functional offerings are statistical services (livestock, dairy, and meat sector data for Turkey and the EU), monthly bulletins, member news dissemination, event organization (Ulusal Süt Zirvesi, Sürdürülebilir Gıda Zirvesi, TUYEM), and management of EU-funded horizon projects (SECUREFOOD, NOVAFOODIES, PLAN'EAT, LIKE-A-PRO, WASTELESS, AEDIL-Dairy-CoVE).

The association's core "technology" is its institutional position rather than any product: it operates a small staff of 8 people from a headquarters in Çankaya, Ankara, and channels influence through convened events, media appearances on Bloomberg HT, A Para, and AGRO TV, and direct advocacy with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Halal Accreditation Authority, and FAO Turkey. No proprietary software, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities are recorded.

SETBİR's revenue model is subscription-based membership dues from member companies, supplemented by event-related income and overhead from EU project participation. Specific fee structures are not publicly disclosed. The association is governed by an elected Board of Directors; in March 2026, SÜTAŞ Executive Board Member Fatma Can Sağlık became the first female Chairman, succeeding Dr. İsa Coşkun, marking a generational leadership transition during the organization's 50th anniversary year.

Name

Türkiye Süt, Et, Gıda Sanayicileri ve Üreticileri Birliği - SETBİR

Legal name

TÜRKİYE SÜT, ET, GIDA SAN. ÜRET. BİRLİĞİ DERNEĞİ

Website

https://setbir.org.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SETBİR is the Turkish non-profit industry association founded in 1976 that represents leading dairy, meat, and food processing companies, providing statistical services, member advocacy, event organization, and EU-funded project management to its enterprise members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAGAI

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Environmental & Conservation Organizations

Keywords

• Dairy industry association
• Meat industry representation
• Food sector advocacy
• Industry policy advocacy
• Livestock sector support

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and member services: SETBİR generates revenue through membership fees from dairy, meat, and food industry companies. Additional revenue streams include organizing industry events, publishing bulletins and statistics, and facilitating partnerships between members and government/international organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SETBİR is a non-profit industry association that represents Turkey's dairy, meat, and food processing companies. It provides industry representation, policy advocacy, statistical services (sector data for Turkey and the EU), monthly bulletins, EU-funded project coordination, and organizes industry events and summits. Its core purpose is to serve as the bridge between member companies and government institutions, international organizations, and other industry stakeholders.

Product overview

SETBİR is an association serving Turkey's dairy, meat, and food industry. Rather than offering a software product, SETBİR provides industry services including sector statistics (covering Turkey and EU markets for dairy, meat, and livestock), monthly bulletins, member company news, project management (particularly EU-funded sustainability and food safety initiatives), and event organization including webinars, summits, and conferences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SETBİR İstatistikler (Sector Statistics Service) Comprehensive statistics service providing sector-specific data on Turkey's dairy, meat, and livestock sectors, including production and foreign trade data, with accompanying EU market data, intended for member companies and industry stakeholders.
• SETBİR Aylık Bültenler (Monthly Bulletins) Regular monthly bulletins published by SETBİR covering developments, news, and analysis in the dairy, meat, and food sectors in Turkey, intended for member companies and industry professionals.
• SETBİR Projeler (EU-Funded Project Coordination) Coordination and partnership in EU-funded Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ projects covering food systems resilience, sustainable value chains, alternative proteins, food waste reduction, and the establishment of a European Dairy Centre of Vocational Excellence, for the benefit of Turkish dairy sector stakeholders.
• SETBİR Etkinlikler (Industry Events and Summits) Organization of and participation in industry events including summits, conferences, webinars, and seminars on dairy, meat, and food sector topics, targeted at member companies and industry stakeholders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Established in 1976, celebrating 50th anniversary in 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• FAO Turkey (Food and Agriculture Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAO Turkey maintains an active partnership with SETBİR, conducting courtesy visits to new association leadership and engaging in discussions about dairy, meat, and food sector developments, sustainability, and production efficiency. Representatives include FAO Turkey Deputy Representative Dr. Ayşegül Selışık and Senior Program Coordinator Özcan Türkoğlu.
• TÜSEDAD (Tüm Süt, Et ve Damızlık Sığır Yetiştiricileri Derneği)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTÜSEDAD (All Milk, Meat and Breeding Cattle Breeders Association) maintains a strategic partnership with SETBİR, exchanging views on current developments in the milk and livestock sector, sector priorities, and areas of cooperation. The partnership focuses on industry-wide issues affecting both producers and processors.
• Türkiye Süt Üreticileri Merkez Birliği (TSUMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTSUMB (Turkey Milk Producers Central Union) congratulated SETBİR's new Chairman Fatma Can Sağlık on her election, maintaining the long-standing cooperation between milk producer organizations and the industry association.
• Helal Akreditasyon Kurumu (Halal Accreditation Authority)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Halal Accreditation Authority of Turkey maintains a partnership with SETBİR, with Chairman Zafer Soylu visiting SETBİR's new leadership to extend congratulations and discuss halal certification matters relevant to Turkey's dairy and meat export industry.
• ASÜD (Associaton of Dairy Industry)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR collaborates with ASÜD (Süt Ürünleri Sanayicileri Derneği) on joint webinars and industry initiatives including the Sustainable Water Management webinar organized together with MEYED.
• MEYED (Fruit Juice and Beverages Industry Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMEYED partnered with SETBİR and ASÜD to organize the Sustainable Water Management webinar focusing on efficiency, recovery, and smart solutions for businesses in the milk, meat, juice, and beverage sectors.
• EU Horizon 2020 Project Consortium (SECUREFOOD, NOVAFOODIES, PLAN'EAT, LIKE-A-PRO, WASTELESS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR participates as a partner in multiple EU-funded research and innovation projects under Horizon 2020, focusing on food systems resilience, sustainable value chains, healthy eating behavior transformation, alternative proteins, and food waste reduction.
• AEDIL - European Dairy Industry Learning AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR participates in the AEDIL-Dairy-CoVE Erasmus+ project, working with 48 partner institutions from 9 countries (Turkey, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia) to establish a European Dairy Centre of Vocational Excellence.
• Bursa Uludağ UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBursa Uludağ University leads the Turkish Vocational Excellence Center for the dairy sector within the AEDIL-Dairy-CoVE project, with SETBİR serving as the civil society representative alongside industry partner SÜTAŞ.
• Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) - Food Engineering DepartmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR and ODTÜ's Food Engineering Department jointly organized a seminar on 'Food Safety Threats: Information Pollution and Global Food Crises', bringing together industry and academia.
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR maintains ongoing dialogue with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, with association leadership meeting with Deputy Minister Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gümen and Livestock General Director Salih Çelik to discuss dairy, red meat, and livestock sector developments.
• TÜGİS (Türkiye Gıda Sanayii İşverenleri Sendikası)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR partners with TÜGİS in organizing the Sürdürülebilir Gıda Zirvesi (Sustainable Food Summit), contributing speakers and industry expertise to the annual event.
• GİFT (Food, Beverage and Agriculture Policy Research Center)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR participated in the 'Zero Waste and Food Waste Prevention on the Path to Carbon Neutral' Conference organized by GİFT and Tetra Pak in Ankara.
• Ministry of Industry and Technology (Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETBİR member companies participate in the Ministry's Digital Transformation Incentive Program, with Pınar Süt receiving Digital Transformation Center Certification from Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Besd-Bir (Beef and Lamb Producers Association): Turkish red-meat livestock producers' association. Directly comparable to SETBİR's meat-side activities; both organizations represent overlapping livestock and meat-processing constituencies in Turkey.
• MEYED (Fruit Juice and Beverages Industry Association): Turkish beverage industry association and a confirmed SETBİR partner on joint sustainability webinars. Highly comparable as a Turkish food/beverage trade body with similar member-service model, even though its primary focus is beverages rather than dairy/meat.
• ASÜD (Association of Dairy Industry / Süt Ürünleri Sanayicileri Derneği): Turkey's other primary dairy industry association. Directly comparable to SETBİR in sector focus and member profile; the two organizations already co-organize webinars and joint initiatives, indicating close functional overlap.
• TÜGİS (Türkiye Gıda Sanayii İşverenleri Sendikası): Turkish food industry employers' union and confirmed SETBİR partner (co-organizer of the Sustainable Food Summit). Directly comparable as a food-industry advocacy body in Turkey with overlapping membership and policy remit.
• TÜSEDAD (All Milk, Meat and Breeding Cattle Breeders Association): National Turkish association representing milk, meat and breeding cattle producers. Directly comparable to SETBİR in dairy/livestock advocacy; SETBİR's new chair recently hosted TÜSEDAD's leadership in a courtesy visit, evidencing close institutional overlap.

Broad incumbents

• FoodDrinkEurope: European food and drink industry confederation. Comparable as a continent-wide food-industry advocacy body; broader portfolio than SETBİR but functionally aligned on policy, sustainability, and trade representation.
• International Dairy Federation (IDF): Global dairy industry federation. Comparable as a dairy-sector standards and policy body, but with a worldwide rather than national membership footprint.
• European Dairy Association (EDA): Pan-European dairy industry umbrella. Broader incumbent in the same dairy trade-association space; SETBİR engages EDA indirectly via AEDIL-Dairy-CoVE, indicating comparable function but wider regional remit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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