German producers have sparked a dispute by filing an opposition to a Turkish application to grant the döner kebab's special status at the EU level, initiating a six-month period to resolve disagreements. #EuropeNews

German producers have sparked a dispute by filing an opposition to a Turkish application to grant the döner kebab’s special status at the EU level, initiating a six-month period to resolve disagreements.

A Turkish application to the European Commission for the döner kebab to be given similar EU recognition as the Neapolitan pizza and Spain’s jamon serrano has been opposed by Germany, sources close to the issue have told Euronews.

As reported, in April Türkiye filed an application 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 specifications.

  • CodexEnglish
    -5•1 month ago

    Being from Louisiana, it was interesting to spend some time in Berlin. Germans treat Turkish people a lot like we treat Black people: love their food and culture, but keep them in ghettos and don’t let them have any real power!

    I feel like this would be similar to America protecting the word “Cajun” in food, which shitty fastfood places love to slap on any food they’ve added a half-gram of cayenne powder to. Honestly, all in favor of restricting “cajun” or “döner” or any other food designation for which being regulated would enforce a higher quality standard and greater authenticity.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•1 month ago

      The opposition to the propsel is comming from the “Association of Turkish kebab makers in Europe” …

      • CodexEnglish
        -4•1 month ago

        So what? I can’t find the slightest bit of info on who this organization is or who makes it up or who leads it.

        • @[email protected]English
          11•1 month ago

          I translated the name, try searching for “Verein Türkischer Dönerhersteller in Europa”.

          But really the name is self explanatory.

          The dish “Döner Kebab” was invented in Germany by Turkish migrants and became very popular. Now a group from Turkey is trying to enforce their definitions and regulations of what a Döner Kebab should be on our dish.

          This has nothing to do with German people or government denying power to German-Turks. This is German Turks fighting back against Turkish-Turks trying to interfere with their buisnes.

          Like image some activists in Italy would demand that the US government ban the word pizza unless it’s refering to italian-style pizza.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 month ago

      Can you kindly point out these ghettos? As a neighbor of Germany I’ve never seen them.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•1 month ago

        He’s right. One example is kottbusser tor in Berlin. Not much is done by the city of Berlin for this corner. Most German cities have such zones. İn Stuttgart the region around the Mauerstraße is even called Turkish ghetto.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 month ago

          What’s meant by “not much is done by the city for this corner”? It’s not a “corner”. It’s a big junction in a very large and populated neighborhood. I don’t consider it a ghetto around there, actually it’s expensive to live near there. The junction itself has been recently upgraded making it safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Further, most of the Turkish are German citizens. How are the German government forcing people into these neighborhoods?