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enThe Alanya Municipality started work on inclusion of the Alanya Gyulüklu Soup in the UNESCO Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage
The municipality of Alanya has started working together with the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism to include the geographical unique taste of Alanya, Guluku soup, in the National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turkey by UNESCO. In this regard, the head of the sector of living heritage and cultural activities of the provincial department of culture and tourism Aysund Ciobanoglu Davulchu and her team held a meeting at the House of Culture "Cuisine" of the municipality of Alanya. During the meeting, the process of preparing Guluku soup was recorded from the beginning to the end, which is one of the important tastes of the local cuisine and the first registered soup of Antalya and Alanya. Thus, an important step of the project "Culinary Heritage of Alanya" was realized in order to draw attention to the local cuisine, popularize it and take its place in the field of gastronomy.
Sevda Chapa, Environmental Protection and Control Manager, Alanya Municipality: "We’re all making Guluku soup at home. He is the main soloist at our weddings, mevliets, weddings and other important events. We believe that in the near future our soup will be included in the register of intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO".
