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Champagne. Neapolitan pizza. Now döner kebabs?

NPR | By Willa Rubin,
Darian Woods, Julia Ritchey, Kate Concannon
Published October 4, 2024 at 9:25 AM EDT
Arif Keles owns Hisar Fresh Food in Schöneberg, Germany, which makes doner kebabs. He is opposed to Turkey's effort to give doners Traditional Specialty Guarantee status in the EU. (Willa Rubin/NPR)
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Arif Keles owns Hisar Fresh Food in Schöneberg, Germany, which makes doner kebabs. He is opposed to Turkey's effort to give doners Traditional Specialty Guarantee status in the EU. (Willa Rubin/NPR)

In Germany, döner kebabs are more than just an affordable, satisfying street food. They're a symbol of Turkey's culinary influence in the country. Today on the show, how an effort to give doner kebabs a protected status under a little-known EU regulation could dish out some real economic consequences, in Germany and beyond.

Special thanks to Sidney Gennies, Sönke Matschurek, and Maren Möhring.

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Willa Rubin
Willa Rubin covers energy for the NPR Business Desk. 
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Darian Woods is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.
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Kate Concannon
Kate Concannon is the Supervising Senior Editor at The Indicator from Planet Money. She leads this small, collaborative team of hosts, reporters and producers in making sense of crucial, but often complex and confusing, economic news in just 10 minutes a day.
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