Turkish doner registration right the European Union

Türkiye applied for the registration of Turkish doner under the ´traditional product name´. Turkey´s request was published by the European Union in the EU Official Gazette.

After the 3-month objection period expires, Turkish döner will be registered and will be the first traditional product name Turkey to be registered in the EU.

In the announcement, it was stated that Turkish doner had spread Istanbul to various cities of the Ottoman geography since the early 1800s, and that it was cooked and sold in restaurants and inns, and that vertical cooking of doner was recorded in Takiyüddin manuscripts as far back as 1546.

TURKISH DÖNER SPREAD TO GERMANY AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

In the advertisement, it was stated that doner kebab became the cultural symbol of the migration of Turks to Europe and especially to Germany, which continued intensively 1962 to 1979, and that the doner spread to Germany and other European countries without changing its name and production process.

THE NAME OF DÖNER COMES ITS COOKING TECHNIQUE.

The ad pointed out that doner had become one of the most popular street foods in Europe, and noted that the term "doner" was derived the word "to return" and that the name of the dish was related to the traditional cooking technique.

Source: Anadolu Agency