Kadir Nurman

Kadir Nurman ( born 1933 in Anatolia, † October 24, 2013 in Berlin) was a Turkish restaurateur, who, according to the Turkish doner club manufacturers in Europe ( ATDID ) is considered the inventor of the doner kebab in Germany.

Nurman comes from Anatolia and grew up in Istanbul. He came in 1960 at the age of 26 years as a skilled businessman to Stuttgart. In 1966 he moved to West Berlin and worked as a mechanic for printing presses. In 1972 Nurman to the Berlin Zoologischer Garten station have sold the first kebab. In the flatbread at that time were only minced veal and lamb and onions and some salad. He led the doner kebab in bread by its own account in response to the change in eating habits in Germany's major cities a. At that time, the so-called fast food has come into fashion.

The Association of Turkish Doner manufacturers in Europe drew Nurman in 2011 for his life's work.

Besides Nurman in Berlin Mehmet Aygun is considered Doner inventor.