In this study it is aimed to determine the reasons for the crisis in red meat resulting in making the import decision, the cattle fatteners’ views on the livestock and red meat import, the effects of the import decision on the cattle fatteners, the possible reflections in the sector, and prospective solution offers in Turkey. Survey data obtained from a total of 82 cattle fattening enterprises located in Kars, Erzurum, and Ankara provinces have constituted the material of the study. In the research, the most important reasons for the recent increases in the red meat prices have been determined as “the increase in the purchase price of the fattening material”, “decrease in the cattle number throughout the country”, and “the slaughter of breeding cattle after the recent decrease in the milk prices”, respectively. In the study it has been determined that in case the import of slaughtered animal and red meat continue, 87.8% of the enterprise owners have expressed negative opinions to stop their production activities or decrease their scales. In terms of the cattle fatteners to sustain the production in current conditions, their expectations concerning the purchase price of fattening material and sales price of carcass have been formed as average 9.65±1.18 TL/kg and 15.70±2.92 TL/kg, respectively. There are some solution offers such as aimed at the increase of red meat production by the producers “increasing the supports of dairy cattle breeding”, “restricting the import only with cattle breeding and fattening materials,” and “increasing the incentives and the supports given to cattle fattening”, respectively. Finally, in the sense of protecting national interests, relinquishing the decision to import the livestock and the red meat on the medium and long term, increasing the customs taxes, and realizing the efficient livestock policies having the characteristics of decreasing the production cost in cattle fattening and encouraging the productivity and quality throughout the country have a great importance.