Kadir Nurman
Kadir Nurman (c.1933 – 24 October 2013)[1] was a Turkish-born German restaurateur, largely credited with having invented the doner kebab.[2][3] Nurman was recognised by the Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in 2011.[3] Afterwards, Nurman told the German magazine Frankfurter Rundschau that he was unhappy with modern kebabs as "there are too many ingredients" in them.[2] Mehmet Aygün is also credited with being an inventor of the doner kebab.[4]
Nurman was born in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] Nurman emigrated to Germany from Turkey in 1960, aged 26, and moved to Berlin from Stuttgart from 1966. In 1972 set up a fast food stall at Berlin's Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station in West Berlin.[3][5] At his stall Nurmann sold grilled meat and salad inside a flat bread, selling minced veal and lamb and onions.[3] Nurman never patented his innovation and did not profit from the subsequent success of the doner. On the subject of other inventors, Nurman said in German "Maybe someone else has also done in a hidden corner, but what no one has noticed it... through me the kebab was known."[5] Nurman later said he was happy that so many Turkish people were able to make a living from doners.[3] Nurman had thought Berliners might like a portable meal.[3]
References
- ^ Der Erfinder des Döner ist tot, n-tv.de, 26 October 2013
- ^ a b c "Doner kebab 'inventor' Kadir Nurman dies". The Independent. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Doner kebab 'inventor' Kadir Nurman dies in Berlin". BBC News Online. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "The man who invented the doner kebab has died". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ a b Erfinder mag keine Döner mehr, n-tv.de, 25. September 2011.