25.06.2025 Ankara

The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, announced that Gaziantep Peanut Butter is the 36th product to receive Geographical Indication Registration the European Union and said, “May it benefit Gaziantep and our country."

In his statement on the subject, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I congratulate our Gaziantep Commodity Exchange President Mehmet Akıncı, Gaziantep Commodity Exchange Board of Directors, Assembly and everyone who contributed to our local values. We have a product diversity that few geographies in the world have. As TOBB and the Chamber-Exchange community, we are making great efforts for local and geographically marked products. Our work on 71 geographical indications and 3 traditional product names, which are in the process of the European Union, continues.”