Bilkay Kadem

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Bilkay Öney 2013
Winfried Kretschmann and Bilkay Öney (2011)

Bilkay Kadem , née Öney , ([ bɪlˈkaj œˈnɛj ]; born June 23, 1970 in Malatya , Turkey ) is a German SPD politician of Turkish descent. Öney was State Minister for Integration in the green-red Kretschmann I cabinet from 2011 to 2016 . Before that she was a member of the Greens and from September 2006 to May 2011 a member of the Berlin House of Representatives .

Life

Bilkay Öney as MP in the Berlin House of Representatives (2009)

education and profession

Bilkay Öney has lived in Berlin since 1973 . She completed a degree in business administration and media consulting at the TU Berlin . Öney then worked as a bank clerk and then switched to the Turkish state television broadcaster TRT . There she worked as an editorial assistant, then as an assistant to the management and as an editor and moderator until she was elected to the Berlin House of Representatives on September 17, 2006. In the meantime she was the press spokeswoman for the Bildungswerk Kreuzberg (BWK).

Party career

Bilkay Öney was a member of the Greens until May 12, 2009 . Öney was elected integration policy spokeswoman for the Greens and was a member of the Interior Committee and the Committee on Integration, Labor and Social Affairs.

On May 15, 2009 Öney resigned from the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party and joined the SPD. She justified this with national political considerations and stated that “the Greens are just the do-gooders and not the better people”.

For the election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 2011 , she was to run as the top SPD candidate in the Mitte district on the list before becoming Minister in Baden-Württemberg.

Member of Parliament

Öney made it into the Berlin House of Representatives in September 2006 by taking third place on the green state list of Berlin.

After changing parties in 2009, she was a member of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives, where she sat on the Interior Committee, the Legal Committee and the Committee on the Protection of the Constitution .

Public offices

In May 2011 Öney was appointed Minister for Integration in the green-red state government in Baden-Württemberg under Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann . The ministry had been newly created, before that the area of ​​responsibility had been part of the Ministry of Justice. The smallest ministry of the Baden-Württemberg government came into public focus from 2015 , especially during the refugee crisis in Europe .

Other engagements, honors, awards

Öney joined the initiative ImmiGrün - Alliance of New Inlanders, co-founded by Cem Özdemir in 1994 and closely related to the Greens , of which she was spokesperson until May 2009.

In 2013, Bilkay Öney received the Clara Zetkin Prize from IG Metall Heidenheim for her work in politics.

In 2015, Bilkay Öney was honored by the Helga and Edzard Reuter Foundation for her "efforts to promote peaceful coexistence between people from different cultures and for her commitment to the integration of immigrants in German society".

After leaving the ministerial office, she had a video column for the Berlin daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel . In March 2018 she became managing director of the Fairchance Foundation

Private

Öney is Alevi and describes himself as a "rock 'n' roll Muslim". She later explained that she had grown up in a left-liberal “feminist” family of teachers with no religious upbringing: “My parents always believed that religion did more harm than good to mankind”.

On March 8, 2018, Bilkay Öney announced via Twitter that she had married two weeks earlier on February 22 and now has the surname Kadem.

Positions

Headscarf ban

Öney advocated a headscarf ban in the public sector. In her capacity as State Minister for Integration, however, she called for a renewed debate on the headscarf ban. “I used to say that the state's neutrality requirement is very important. As the Minister of Integration, I now have to ensure that the Muslim women also integrate. It's a question of weighing up. "

Religious circumcision

In 2012, following a ruling by the Cologne Regional Court , according to which the circumcision of boys for religious reasons is illegal and punishable , Öney demanded legal rules to strengthen religious freedom . The core of the decision was the balance between the religious freedom of parents and a child's right to physical integrity . The court ruled that the decisive factor was not the parents' right to freedom of religion and education; The only decisive factor is the child's right to physical integrity. In this context, Öney said she was wondering why a kind of religious war was being started now . The argument with the best interests of the child is threadbare for them. "As if Jews and Muslims didn't have the best interests of the child in mind. I think that's outrageous." She doesn't want Germany to be the only country in the world that forbids circumcision: "This would restrict the freedom to practice one's religion."

Dual citizenship

As the first minister of Turkish origin, Öney, in her role as state minister in the Federal Council, campaigned for dual citizenship and against the option model .

Internal security

In June 2012, Öney was criticized by the Baden-Württemberg opposition politician Bernhard Lasotta for answering a question in an interview and a panel discussion. When asked about the term deep state , Öney noted that the difficulties of the German authorities in uncovering the attack plans and series of murders of the right-wing extremist terrorist cell NSU at an early stage and comprehensively could also be explained by the existence of a "deep state" in Germany. The term deep state is used in Turkey to describe a little known relationship between security forces, politics, justice, administration and organized crime, for example in connection with the background to the murder of the critical journalist Hrant Dink . Öney distanced himself from her statements with the words: “I have already made it clear several times that I do not represent any theses on a deep state in Germany. It was about investigation errors in the context of the NSU series of murders. ”She explained that she should not have taken up the term:“ The statement Tiefer Staat was misunderstood. By playing with the words, the CDU are trying to test my loyalty to the state. "

Role as refugee and asylum politician

In the course of the rise in the number of refugees and asylum seekers in Baden-Württemberg since autumn 2014, Öney is attested by the press to have “found her role”: “In the refugee crisis, Öney is one of the pillars of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann. Even the CDU pays respect ”. Öney himself promotes government policy on refugee accommodation in citizens' meetings and is also looking for “solidarity with the CDU” - successfully: “In the end: applause”. Öney defines her refugee policy and that of the state government as dialogical, transparent and open: “It was important for us to involve districts, district administrators, regional councils, but also local authorities, mayors and local councils from the start. It must be clear: we are not setting up a reception center against the will of the citizens, but together with them ”. Instead of doubts about her competence and the purpose of the new integration ministry, “she even receives praise from the CDU opposition ... 'She's got it, says a former CDU minister”.

In spring 2015, Öney explained her opinion in several newspaper interviews that "fears of too much immigration should be taken seriously" - in some cities there is a clear disproportion between immigrants and locals, which right-wing populists take advantage of politically. Öney is concerned about the situation in her hometown of Berlin: “There, some districts are out of whack because the proportion of foreigners has risen enormously within a very short time. But when you hardly see any Germans on the streets, the alarm bells go off for the Germans who live there, but also for the long-established migrants ”. "With a view to internal security", Öney calls for the introduction of border controls: "Our borders are currently too porous". At the same time, she advocates making more money available for rapid integration.

literature

Web links

Commons : Bilkay Öney  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reiner Ruf: Bilkay Öney leaves a difficult legacy In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , April 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Maria Wetzel: “I will defend the Swabians everywhere” In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , May 9, 2016
  3. ↑ Sabine Beikler, Ulrich Zawatka-Gerlach: Transfer: Green was hope. In: Der Tagesspiegel , May 13, 2009, accessed again on October 6, 2011
  4. ↑ Paul Nellen: Too good for the Greens - the MP Bilkay Öney. In: The Axis of the Good , May 13, 2009, accessed again on October 6, 2011
  5. ↑ http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article104133773/Berliner-Ex-Gruene-Bilkay-Oeney-ist-jetzt-SPD-Mitglied.html
  6. ^ Öney wins, Donnermeyer just loses Berliner Zeitung, December 7, 2010, accessed on August 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ The Minister. ( Memento from November 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Ministry for Integration Baden-Württemberg, accessed on October 6, 2011
  8. ^ Moritz Schuller: Counterpoint: Bilkay Öney - the alibiminister. In: Der Tagesspiegel , May 4, 2011, accessed again on October 6, 2011
  9. ↑ Jens Anker: Bilkay Öney: This integration minister rejects multiculturalism. In: welt.de . May 4, 2011, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  10. ↑ http://www.pz-news.de/baden-wuerttemberg_artikel,-An-Integrationsministerium-Bilay-Oeney-scheiden-sich-die-Geister-_arid,1067247.html
  11. ↑ http://www.immigruen-berlin.de/
  12. ^ Influence with Immi-Grün Der Spiegel, July 1, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2011
  13. ↑ Homepage of ImmiGrün Berlin
  14. ^ Integration Minister Bilkay Öney receives Clara Zetkin Prize , Südwest Presse, March 10, 2013. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  15. ↑ Helga and Edzard Reuter Foundation honors integration achievements , press release of the Helga and Edzard Reuter Foundation, November 5, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/suchresult/?p=suche&sw=BILKAY+KADEM
  17. ↑ https://www.stiftung-fairchance.org/news/updates/neue-geschaeftsfuehrung-der-stiftung-fairchance
  18. ↑ The Rock-'n'-Roll-Muslima von Grün-Rot , Badische Zeitung, May 24, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2011.
  19. ↑ Migration is a part of me , Tagesspiegel, May 4, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2011.
  20. ↑ Quoted from the radio portrait "Muslims in Germany" , SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Jan. 22, 2015, from at least 11:30 am
  21. ↑ See Twitter entry bilkayoeney from March 8, 2018
  22. ↑ Transcript of the SPD.de expert chat with Bilkay Öney and Rüdiger Veit on September 26, 2010. ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 80 kB) In: SPD.de, accessed again on May 6 , 2016 . October 2011
  23. ↑ Minister calls for new debate on headscarf ban Focus Online, September 9, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2011
  24. ↑ Circumcision for religious reasons is punishable spiegel.de, June 26, 2012 , accessed on June 27, 2012.
  25. ^ Judgment of the Cologne Regional Court of May 7, 2012 - 151 Ns 169/11.
  26. ↑ People at Maischberger The circumcision dispute: How far can religious rituals go? ( Memento of August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), ARD, August 14, 2012, 10:45 p.m., accessed on August 14, 2012.
  27. ↑ “I don't want a double standard” , Stuttgarter Zeitung, Aug. 1, 2011. Retrieved on March 6, 2012
  28. ↑ Green-red government starts new attempt for one-two-pass Stuttgarter Zeitung, May 14, 2013. Accessed on May 16, 2013
  29. ↑ Lasotta raises serious allegations against Bilkay Öney Demokratie.de, accessed on June 22, 2012
  30. ↑ Bernhard Lasotta: Collection of material on the statements of Bilkay Öney ( Memento from June 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 88 kB)
  31. ↑ FDP calls for resignation of Bilkey Öney. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , June 11, 2012. Accessed June 17, 2012.
  32. ↑ Bilkey Öney: I don't put anything into perspective. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  33. ↑ a b So Josef Kelnberger in: "Raus aus der Scharmützelzone", Süddeutsche Zeitung of October 13, 2014, p. 6
  34. ↑ Steven Geyer: " Minister Öney advertises refugees ", in: Frankfurter Rundschau , December 13, 2014
  35. ↑ Gabriele Renz: "Mrs. Öney's true mission", in: Südkurier Bad Säckingen, October 8, 2014, p. 2
  36. ↑ Interview in the “Badische Zeitung” on April 15, 2015: “Minister Öney: People are not goods” ; similarly “Integration is not a beauty contest” , interview in “Tagesspiegel” (Berlin), April 25, 2015
  37. ↑ "Integration Minister for Border Controls against Refugees" , FOCUS, April 30, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Kadem, Bilkay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Öney, Bilkay (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdA
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Malatya , Turkey