The Turkish man credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Berlin aged 80.
Kadir Nurman emigrated to Germany in 1960, and set up a stall in West Berlin 12 years later selling grilled meat and salad inside a flat bread, the BBC reports.
He had noticed the fast pace of city life and thought busy Berliners might like a meal they could carry with them.
Meat carved from a skewer had long been a popular choice in Turkey - the innovation was to serve it in a flat bread.
While there are other possible inventors, Mr Nurman's contribution was recognised by the Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in 2011.
According to the Berlin-based Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in Europe, there are now 16,000 doner outlets in Germany.
Mr Nurman did not patent his invention, and thus did not particularly profit from the doner's subsequent success. But in a 2011 interview he expressed little bitterness, saying was happy that so many Turkish people were able to make a living from doners and that millions of people ate them.
