remains unsolved. It has been reported that the Anatolian
goatherds conserve their milk by thickening as they used to dry it
in the sun and transport in animal stomachs[6]. It is generally
accepted among the historians that the fermentation of milk is
discovered accidentally by the Neolithic people of Central Asia
when they stored milk in primitive methods such as in sheep-skin
bags in warm climates [7].With reference to yogurt, it can be
suggested that it has been evolved in Turkey as the term
“yoghurt” has been derived from a Turkish verb, “jugurt” that
means “to be curdled or coagulated” [5, 7]. The earliest writings
about yogurt can be found from those of Pliny who lived in the
first century A. D. and wrote about ancient barbarous nations that
knew how to thicken the milk into a substance with an agreeable
acidity. According to the literature, the founder of the Mongol
empire, Genghis Khan and his armies was lived on yogurt and
spreading of this news among the people had made theyogurt
consumption to spread throughout the East [7].