Turkish kebabs turn to Europe for protected status
Germany's most eaten street food the Turkish döner kebab is now seeking protection within the EU’s special protection label alongside other European favourites such as Neapolitan pizza and Spanish jamon serrano. The term döner comes from the verb ‘dönmek’ (‘turning’ in English) but most Europeans know it simply as döner kebab – with the addition of the name used in the Arabic word for all kinds of meat cooked in front of a fire. Türkiye wants to register the name döner in Europe so that it can be used only by those producers conforming to the registered production method and product specificat...