Ömer Erzeren
Ömer Erzeren (* 1958 in Ankara , Turkey ) is a German-Turkish author and freelance journalist .
Life
After attending school in Turkey and Germany ( Paderborn ), the son of a doctor studied social sciences in Göttingen before returning to Turkey in 1985 . For over a decade he then worked a. a. as Istanbul correspondent for taz and the Zurich weekly newspaper .
In his last book publication Eisbein in Alanya (2004) he portrayed members of marginalized groups in Germany and Turkey. The author, who is “interested in diversity within a society” (Greenpeace Magazin), has also given victims of torture a voice in another book ( Septemberspuren , 1990) .
Erzeren works as a freelance journalist for a number of German, Turkish and English-language print media. He who now lives in Berlin and Istanbul has German and Turkish citizenship.
Erzeren was the first editor of Persembe , the Turkish supplement to the taz.
Works
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Role of the media (in Turkey). In: Udo Steinbach , Ed .: Country Report Turkey. Series of publications, 1282. Federal Agency for Civic Education BpB, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8389-0282-1 , pp. 169–183.
- Essay: Everyday Life (in Turkey), ibid. Pp. 202–206
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Ömer Erzeren in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Ömer Erzeren at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erzeren, Ömer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Turkish author and freelance journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ankara , Turkey |