11.06.2025 Ankara

The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu announced that Afyon pastrami is the 34th product to receive a geographical indication registration the European Union (EU) and expressed his wishes for this registration to be beneficial for Türkiye and Afyonkarahisar.

Congratulating Afyonkarahisar Commodity Exchange Chairman Mehmet Mühsürler and everyone who contributed, Hisarcıklıoğlu said: “We have a product diversity that very few geographies in the world are blessed with. As TOBB and the chamber and exchange community, we are making great efforts for local and geographically marked products. We are working on 73 geographical indications and 3 traditional product names for which the EU process is ongoing.”

The products that received geographical indication registration the EU were listed as follows:

Gaziantep baklava, Aydın fig, Malatya apricot, Aydın chestnut, Milas olive oil, Bayramiç white peach, Taşköprü garlic, Giresun plump hazelnut, Antakya künefe, Suruç pomegranate, Çağlayancerit walnut, Gemlik olive, Edremit olive oil, Milas oil olive, Ayaş tomato, Maraş tarhana, Edremit Gulf green scratch olive, Ezine cheese, Safranbolu saffron, Aydın Memecik olive oil, Araban garlic, Osmaniye peanuts, Bingöl honey, Bursa peach, Hüyük strawberry, Bursa black fig, Söke cotton, Manisa mesir paste, Gaziantep menengiç coffee, Silifke yogurt, Aydın Memecik olive, Erzincan Tulum cheese, Aydın pine nuts, Afyon pastrami.