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Antep has been designated as a new member of the “Creative Cities Network” of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) within the field Gastronomy.
Antep Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Fatma Şahin announcing Antep having won the Nobel Price of its field, noted “It is officially registered, Antep cuisine is one of the world’s most important cuisines”.
47 cities from 33 countries have been designated as new members of the “Creative Cities Network” of UNESCO:
Adelaide (Australia) – Music
Al-Ahsa (Saudi Arabia) – Crafts and Folk Art
Austin (United States of America) – Media Arts
Baghdad (Iraq) – Literature
Bamiyan (Afghanistan) – Crafts and Folk Art
Bandung (Indonesia) – Design
Barcelona (Spain) – Literature
Belém (Brazil) – Gastronomy
Bergen (Norway) – Gastronomy
Bitola (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) – Film
Budapest (Hungary) – Design
Burgos (Spain) – Gastronomy
Dénia (Spain) – Gastronomy
Detroit (United States of America) – Design
Durán (Ecuador) – Crafts and Folk Art
Ensenada (Mexico) – Gastronomy
Gaziantep (Turkey) – Gastronomy
Idanha-a-Nova (Portugal) – Music
Isfahan (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) – Crafts and Folk Art
Jaipur (India) – Crafts and Folk Art
Katowice (Poland) – Music
Kaunas (Lithuania) – Design
Kingston (Jamaica) – Music
Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Music
Liverpool (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Music
Ljubljana (Slovenia) – Literature
Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Crafts and Folk Art
Lviv (Ukraine) – Literature
Medellín (Colombia) – Music
Montevideo (Uruguay) – Literature
Nottingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Literature
Óbidos (Portugal) – Literature
Parma (Italy) – Gastronomy
Phuket (Thailand) – Gastronomy
Puebla (Mexico) – Design
Rasht (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) – Gastronomy
Rome (Italy) – Film
Salvador (Brazil) – Music
San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) – Crafts and Folk Art
Santos (Brazil) – Film
Sasayama (Japan) – Crafts and Folk Art
Singapore (Singapore) – Design
Tartu (Estonia) – Literature
Tongyeong (Republic of Korea) – Music
Tucson (United States of America) – Gastronomy
Ulyanovsk (Russian Federation) – Literature
Varanasi (India) – Music
What is the “Creative Cities Network”?
According to an executive board decision of UNESCO taken in the 170th annual meeting, the Creative Cities Network project has been launched in 2004 with participation of 116 cities from various countries. The network aims to contribute to social, economical and cultural improvement of developed and developing countries, and to foster their local creativity, promotion and publicity.
The cities attend to the programme within its seven creative fields of Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music.
On UNESCO’S list for gastronomy, eight cities had been enumerated including two cities from China, one city from Brazil, South Korea, Switzerland, Colombia, Japan and Lebanon. According to the announcement on Saturday, nine cities have been added to the list including Antep. (ÇT/DG)