Erdem Gündüz

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A caricature of Duran Adam

Erdem Gündüz (* 1979 in Ankara ) is a Turkish artist, dancer and choreographer . He became known on June 18, 2013 through his “standing man” (Turkish Duran Adam ) action during the protests in Turkey , when he stood on Taksim Square and for about eight hours the portrait of the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey , Mustafa Kemal Ataturk staring.

To person

Erdem Gündüz studied from 1996 to 2002 at the Aegean University in Izmir in the fields of electrics and agriculture, switched to Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi in 2003 to study art, design, music and dance. In 2007, she took part in a course at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the USA through an exchange program. A year later he attended a course in ImPulsTanz at the Vienna International Dance Festival in Vienna . In 2008 he graduated with a Master of Performing Arts from Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul .

M100 Media Award

On September 5th, the international media forum M100 in Potsdam Gündüz presented the M100 Media Award 2013 . The jury, made up of journalists, decided to award the award to Gündüz on August 28th. In the justification, the advisory board of the annual award wrote: "With his silent protest he became an icon of peaceful resistance and was imitated worldwide". Jann Jakobs , Lord Mayor of Potsdam and Chairman of the M100 Advisory Board, said: “By awarding Erdem Gündüz the M100 Media Award, a clear sign is once again set that non-violent peaceful resistance works. His weapon is called creativity. His trademarks are courage and perseverance. "Previous recipients of the press as a Human Rights Prize (human rights award) titled award were, among others, in 2006 Bernard Kouchner , who as founder of Doctors Without Borders , the French Foreign Minister and Head of the Protectorate of Kosovo was known , 2010 Kurt Westergaard , who made the controversial Mohammed caricatures of the founder of religion, who was venerated as a prophet in Islam , or Mario Draghi , head of the European Central Bank (ECB) in 2012 .

Michael Rediske, CEO of Reporters Without Borders , commented on the award ceremony: "With his spectacular action on Taksim Square, Erdem Gündüz demonstrated that even a single person can set an example for freedom of expression." Wenzel Michalski, Germany Director of Human Rights Watch said: "Erdem Gündüz's silent protest in Taksim Square became a symbol of the right to peaceful protest in the face of the brutal action taken by the Turkish security forces against the protesters in Gezi Park." In the mirror , Hasnain Kazim commented on the award ceremony, This makes Gündüz an iconic figure of peaceful resistance. According to an interpretation given by Deniz Yücel in the taz , the “standing man” opposes the “fetish of the masses, to which many critics of the government adhere, the responsibility and the possibilities of the individual”.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vassil Donev: Erdem Gündüz, the "silent man". Der Tagesspiegel, June 18, 2013, accessed on June 18, 2013 (photo of the action artist during his action).
  2. ↑ #standingman - Twitter Search - accessed June 18, 2013
  3. ↑ #duranadam - Twitter search - accessed June 18, 2013
  4. ^ Christiane Schlötzer: The silent dancer. Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 18, 2013, accessed on June 18, 2013 .
  5. ^ CV - Education Qualifications . Erdem Gündüz , accessed on June 19, 2013 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Gezi protests in Turkey are not over ( memento from September 16, 2013 on WebCite ) , derStandard.at, September 5, 2013, by Markus Bernath.
  7. ↑ a b Turkey’s 'Standing Man' receives German human rights award ( Memento from September 16, 2013 on WebCite ) (Turkish). Hürriyet Daily News, September 6, 2013.
  8. ↑ a b M100 Media Award 2013 to the “Standing Man” from Taksim Platz, Erdem Gündüz ( Memento from September 17, 2013 on WebCite ) , M100, Internet presentation, “Current”, undated.
  9. ↑ Turkish protest hero Gündüz: Silence was yesterday ( memento from September 16, 2013 on WebCite ) , Spiegel Online, September 5, 2013, by Hasnain Kazim.
  10. ↑ The protest continues with new forms - original, happy, emancipated ( memento from July 22, 2013 on WebCite ) , the daily newspaper, July 21, 2013, by Deniz Yücel.
  11. ↑ "My body is my voice". Frankfurter Rundschau , September 7, 2013, accessed on November 5, 2014 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Gündüz, Erdem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish artist, dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Ankara