Birol Kilic
Birol Kilic (* in Istanbul as Birol Kılıç , alternatively also Pirsultan Birol Kilic ) is a Turkish-Austrian publisher, publicist, editor, entrepreneur and the chairman of the Turkish cultural community in Austria .
Life
Birol Kilic was born in Istanbul in the Sisli district where all religions and denominations have lived together since the Byzantine and Ottoman times. From the age of six Kilic lived in Hamburg and Kiel, where he attended elementary school. Kilic attended middle school and high school in Istanbul. At the university entrance exams YÖK he got the opportunity to study in the medical faculty of the University of Istanbul (İstanbul Tıp Faculty). According to his own statements, Kilic studied medicine for four semesters before going to ETH Zurich and then to the Technical University of Vienna . There he graduated in 1993 with a degree in communications engineering and biomedical engineering.
During his studies Kilic wrote comments and analyzes from Vienna for Turkish media, including the public radio Voice of Turkey and the then liberal daily ' Sabah ', as well as the television station ATV . He held this position from 1988 to 1999. After completing his studies, Kilic founded a company that is still active in the media sector to this day.
In 1999 he founded the Turkish-German-language newspaper Yeni Vatan Gazetesi-Neue Heimat Zeitung , in 2004 the Neue Welt Verlag and in 2009 the magazine Einspruch. The Yeni Vatan Gazetesi is produced in Vienna.
As managing director of Neue Welt Verlag, Kilic is also the editor of some of the books published in it, including The Red Knights between Medici, Habsburgs and Ottomans (2014), The Burgenland as an international border region in the 20th and 21st centuries (2012), In Hoc Signo Vinces - between religious myth and political claim from Byzantium to Naples (2012), Turkish delicacies (2005), Strong feelings - cultural-scientific emotional discourses in the 19th and 20th centuries on the 200th birthday of Friedrich Hebbel (2005), Orient & Occident - Encounters and perceptions from five centuries with the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2016) and other works such as “Kant's Walk across the Sea of Fog: The True Genesis of the Critique of Reason as Reflected in the Image World of CD Friedrich”.
For the latter, Kilic wrote a foreword as publisher, Univ.-Prof. Oliver Rathkolb reviewed the book as follows:
"This anthology makes an important contribution to the objectification of the now highly emotional debate about the relationship between the historical“ Orient ”and the Habsburg Monarchy, but also the relationship between Austria and the Ottoman Empire and Turkey up to the 1960s before and after 1918. Years. A scientifically shaped sober look at the historical interrelationships is an important contribution to a democratic and enlightened educational work in the present, precisely because of the current functionalization of history between "Orient" and "Occident". "
“The present volume positions itself within the more recent historiographical perspectives on the relationship between Orient and Occident: Not only armed conflicts are discussed, but exemplary deep drilling shed light on numerous aspects of a diverse exchange. Stimulating, broad and therefore a book for all those who want to find out more about this special relationship. "
In 2015 he received the Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .
engagement
As chairman of the Turkish cultural community in Austria (TKG), he campaigned for the preservation of Hagia Sophia as a museum with a guest comment in the Kurier-Zeitung on June 29, 2020 and informed the public about it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ MC & O Management Consulting & Organizations - GmbH. In: firmen.wko.at. Retrieved September 3, 2017 .
- ^ Association structure , Turkish cultural community in Austria, accessed on February 2, 2017
- ↑ "Pro-Erdogan demos have harmed us" , Kurier, July 12, 2013
- ↑ Book presentation 'Orient & Occident'
- ↑ Decoration of honor from the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria to TKG chairman Birol Kilic , Turkish cultural community in Austria, accessed on February 2, 2017
- ↑ Objection for the Hagia Sophia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kilic, Birol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kılıç, Birol (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Editor, publisher and chairman of the Turkish cultural community in Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |