Under Turkey's proposal, beef would be required to come from cattle that is at least 16 months old, and be marinated with specific amounts of fat, yogurt or milk, onion, salt, thyme, and pepper.
Under Turkey's proposal, beef would be required to come from cattle that is at least 16 months old, and be marinated with specific amounts of fat, yogurt or milk, onion, salt, thyme, and pepper.The Associated Press
But the snack's status could be in jeopardy if the European Commission approves a bid by Turkey to regulate what can legally take the döner kebab name.In the balance is an industry that generates annual sales of roughly 2.3 billion euros in Germany alone, and 3.5 billion euros across Europe, according to the Berlin-based Association of Turkish Döner Producers in Europe.
"They realized that the Germans like everything in the bread," said Buchholz, who was raised in Berlin and has Turkish roots."And then they said, 'OK, let's put this dish into a bread' and this is how it came to döner kebab Berlin-style." "We have taken note of the application from Turkey with some astonishment," Germany's Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture said in a statement to The Associated Press.
"The kebab belongs to Germany. Everyone should be allowed to decide for themselves how it is prepared and eaten here. There's no need for guidelines from Ankara," Cem Özdemir, Germany's federal food and agriculture minister who also has Turkish roots, wrote on social platform X.
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