Candan Six-Sasmaz

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Candan Six-Sasmaz (born July 21, 1976 in Neumünster ) is a German-Turkish journalist and TV author.

Life

The daughter of Turkish guest workers studied communication design , painting and photography in Hamburg after graduating from high school . During her studies she won the 2nd prize at the Berlin Advertising Congress and was hired by Jung von Matt as a copywriter. Her later positions were Heye & Partner, Springer & Jacoby and Scholz & Friends . In 2004 Six-Sasmaz presented with the work: “The cultural treasures of Iraq” for UNESCO, one of the best dialogue marketing campaigns in the world, which was awarded the leading creative prizes of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Art Directors Club and others.

In 2011 she began to work as a freelance journalist, first for various print media such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung, later also for public television channels such as ZDF , 3sat , arte and others. a. Candan Six-Sasmaz focuses on topics such as: People of Turkish origin and other minorities in Germany and Europe, migration and integration of Muslims as well as Turkey and the Middle East.

In her documentaries and reports she often reports on Turkish and Muslim life in Germany and gives unseen insights into the world of the country's largest group of migrants.

In 2015, at the height of the " refugee crisis ", Six-Sasmaz reported in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the experience of being mistaken for a refugee at a train station in North Rhine-Westphalia and thus receiving more attention and helpfulness than as Germans with a migration background . Before, she would have often felt invisible or even undesirable - on the contrary. "It is not bad that you mix up people at first sight. It is bad that I am noticed for the first time. What is worse, as a German-Turkish woman, has never been treated as well as on those days when I was treated thinks he is a Syrian refugee. "

Awards

Filmography (selection)

  • 2019: "Europe - The Consequences of Fear" (ZDF)
  • 2019: "Dangerous returnees - IS fighters in Germany" (ZDF)
  • 2019: "Dogu Express train adventure" (arte)
  • 2019: "Turks and Germans - The Great Neighborhood Test" (ZDF)
  • 2019: “Everything kosher? - German Jews no longer understand their country "(ZDF)
  • 2016: "Between Crescent and Federal Eagle" (ZDF)
  • 2016: "My country, your country - Between Äppelwoi & Döner" (ZDF)
  • 2015: "Refugees - Welcome or Not Wanted" (ZDF)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Candan Sasmaz - German UNESCO Commission - Iraq's Cultural Treasures | AdForum Talent: The creative industry network. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Welcome Refugees !!! - I beg your pardon? - Germany 25 - Are we one people? - from the ZDF theme evening. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Migrants and Refugees - Finally Welcome. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ German-Turkish woman is mistaken for refugee - and greeted with a cuddly toy. September 14, 2015, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ German Commission for UNESCO / Iraq? S cultural treasures. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Europe - The Consequences of Fear. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
  7. ^ Dangerous returnees - IS fighters in Germany. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Re: Train Adventure Dogu Express - Through Turkey in 24 hours. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  9. ^ ZDFzeit: Turks and Germans. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ ZDF report: Everything kosher? - German Jews no longer understand their country. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  11. ^ ZDF.reportage - Between Half Moon and Federal Eagle, Report (series), 2016 | Crew United. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Between Äppelwoi & Döner. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
  13. ↑ (Documentary in HD) Refugees - welcome or unwanted - refuge in the multi-cultural city of Duisburg. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Six-Sasmaz, Candan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Turkish journalist and TV writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Neumunster