Muhammed Zeki Durak, President of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, stated that the geographical indication registration applications for Hüyük strawberries and Söke cotton have been approved by the European Union (EU) Commission.
Durak provided information about the products whose registration processes are ongoing in the EU in a post he made on his social media account.
Durak recalled the initiation of the "international geographical indication mobilization" under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and stated that they expect the registration of Hüyük strawberries and Söke cotton, which have been applied for within this framework.
Durak noted:
"We continue to receive good news about our geographical indications whose registration processes are ongoing in the EU. Söke cotton, one of the pearls of Aydın, and Hüyük strawberries, the prominent product of our Konya province, for which we prepared the application as TURKPATENT within the scope of the international geographical indication mobilization initiated under the leadership of our Ministry of Industry and Technology, will also be registered with the EU. Our two geographical indications whose applications have been deemed appropriate by the EU Commission will be registered in the Official Journal of the EU after the expiration of a 3-month objection period. As of today, we have 21 geographical indications registered in the EU. The procedures for our 51 applications, 7 of which are in the announcement stage, are still ongoing."
