
Gundogdu Köken; The story of a family that has been operating since 1951 in the production of olive oil in Gündoğdu Village, 20 kilometers from Bursa.
Gündoğdu Village is an old Greek settlement with a deep-rooted history. This village, known as Filadar/Phileidar in ancient times; It has been home to olive trees, olive and olive oil production for centuries. The love of the Köken family for olive oil, passed down from grandfather to grandchild, reunites with the high mineral soil of Gündoğdu Village, and olives, one of nature’s gifts of healing to people, are carefully processed under the umbrella of Gündoğdu Köken.
Thanks to its roots, Gündoğdu Köken stands out with the added value it provides to the sector and the difference in taste it offers to the consumer. Bursa’s Tirilye type olives have been bottled with love, care and care since 1951 and met with olive oil lovers! Wishing the early harvest and ripe harvest olive oils prepared with the experience of the Köken family to bring health and abundance to your tables…
Overlooking the Gulf of Gemlik,
Beaten by the cool wind of the Marmara Sea,
One of Gündoğdu’s most special olives…

1920
Hacı İdris Köken, in Kurular Village of Thessaloniki, Greece, was trading olives and tobacco with his family.

1923
The Köken family took refuge in the Gündoğdu Village of Bursa from the Kurular Village with the exchange agreement.

1930
After they settled down in Gündoğdu Village, they established the Köken Oil House to meet the olive oil production needs of the village and its family and started to produce olive oil with basic methods.

1951
Köken Oil House started lithography production with the “Galardi-Firenze” brand olive press brought from Italy and providing the highest technology of the day.

2007
Vedat Köken, who followed the path opened by his grandfather, modernized the production system with a continuous system and stepped into contemporary production.

2013
We stepped into retail sales with the Gündoğdu Köken brand.

2018
We have increased our design quality with our special production bottles, which are the first in Turkey.

2020
We were awarded a bronze medal in the quality category from the London International Olive Oil Competition (London IOOC).

2021
Once again, we registered our taste and quality by receiving the bronze medal in the quality category from the London International Olive Oil Competition (London IOOC).