19–25 May — Atatürk Cuisine Week

The instrument

Decision

WTCA–TMDH Decision No. 40, File 0001, 16 May 2024, adopted unanimously.

What the decision records

The adoption and the announcement of 19–25 May as Atatürk Cuisine Week within the institutional framework of TMDH and WTCA. Nothing further.

What it does not contain

The decision text contains no detailed seven-day programme. Any thematic day-by-day framework published later is a separate institutional implementation proposal and is not part of the decision.

Institutional scope

Decision No. 40 establishes the observance within the WTCA/TMDH institutional framework and forms part of the Academy's published institutional record. Any recognition or adoption by another institution is documented separately where applicable.

The editions held

Two editions of the week have been held. The menus prepared for them are modern commemorative menus: they were composed for the commemoration and are not a historical Çankaya menu, a reconstructed period bill of fare, or a list of personal favourites attributed to Atatürk.

First edition

19–25 May 2024, Washington, D.C.

Second edition

19–25 May 2025, Arlington, Virginia. Announced institutionally on 8 May 2025.

The full treatment of the subject, with the source-critical research behind it, is set out under Atatürk’s Culinary Heritage.