Food

Designation brings Türkiye’s total number of EU-registered products to 44, says Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı… ISTANBUL… Maraş çöreği a traditional bun from Türkiye’s Kahramanmaras province, has been granted EU geographical indication status, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı announced Monday. In a post on the Turkish social media …

Press release… Pınar Et, Türkiye’s First Integrated Meat Facility, Celebrated Its 40th Anniversary… Pınar Meat(Et) General Manager Hüseyin Demir stated that Pınar Meat continues to lead the total processed meat market with a 19.1 percent tonnage share. Hüseyin Demir As Türkiye’s first privately owned integrated meat facility, Pınar Meat has …

COP30 marked a turning point. For the first time at a climate conference of this scale, agrifood systems and the direct participation of rural and Indigenous communities occupied a central place in negotiations and in the global narrative. This shift represented an explicit acknowledgment that agriculture —and the people who …

Our book, “I Live in Türkiye, I Know What I Eat – CHEESE,” was named “Best in the World” at the Gourmand Awards 2025 and has been named the Best Cheese Book of the Last 30 Years! Berrin Bal Onur This remarkable success of our book, published by Vakıfbank Kültür …

Türkiye’s central Anatolian province of Konya aims to preserve the region’s rich cuisine for the future with 87 geographically indicated food products. KOGAT President Ali Ülkü emphasized the importance of this initiative, emphasizing that Konya is home to a diverse range of culinary cultures. The aim is to enhance the …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association and Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters’ Association, announced that Japan imports 80 billion dollars worth of food products annually. Pointing out that the TURQUALITY Project, Turkish Tastes, successfully implemented in the …

Press release… The Aegean Exporters’ Association, which contributes 35 percent of Türkiye’s food exports to Japan, has taken a major step toward integrating Turkish cuisine into the curriculum at Otsuma Women’s University in Japan. Osman Serdaroğlu, founder and chef of Türkiye’s Michelin-starred restaurant TERUAR, presented Turkish cuisine to students and …

Press release… At COP30, Türkiye as one of the pilot countries, presented its experience in the Convergence Initiative, integrating global agenda of food systems transformation with climate action. The panel event underscored Türkiye’s pioneering role in advancing policy coherence and multi-stakeholder collaboration on a global scale. 21 November 2025,Belém –The panel …

Two of Türkiye’s well-known regional specialties, candied chestnut from the northwestern province of Bursa and the Thracian city of Edirne’s İpsala rice, have joined the European Union’s register of geographical indications, bringing the country’s total number of EU-certified products to 42. Candied chestnut Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı announced the news, highlighting that …