A quality phenomenon has quite an old history. Quality control methods had been developed to be able to reach to the targets and aims related with quality. It is possible to design, develop and produce quality products and at the same time to set up an production system which meets the requirements and enables to produce products and services economically by using quality control methods. Quality control which was described in the past as the classification of good and bad is now appeared to be total quality management with a more exclusive meaning. Total quality management covers not only the production stages, but also all the stages that the product follows from the production to the customer. It is the common target of all the countries to reach the high quality level. However, the path that the countries follow to reach this target might differ due to the differences in some conditions like social, cultural, political and economical conditions etc.
Key Words: Quality, Quality control, Total quality management, Textile.
