A cooperative company is a type of commercial organization like other types of companies. Cooperatives are established with at least 7 partners, with exceptions. Cooperatives are companies established to provide and protect the specific economic interests and professional needs of the members through mutual assistance and solidarity with their labor and monetary contributions. Cooperatives are established by real and legal persons. They are partnerships with variable partners and variable capital. Each partner takes at least one and at most five thousand shares. The amount of partnership share is 100 TL (7 USD). All partners except those who were not partners, three months before the general assembly, may participate in the cooperative general assembly. This process is not required in building cooperatives.