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Die Brücke eV
purpose German cultural and charity association
Chair: Christine Şenol
Establishment date: 1992
Seat : Istanbul
Website: www.bruecke-istanbul.com

The Brücke eV ( Turkish Köprü ) is a non-profit association founded in 1992 in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul . It sees itself as a German cultural and charity association and is also perceived as a transnational organization. He is considered to be one of the largest and most influential clubs of its kind in Turkey. The chairman is Christine Şenol .

The aim is a German-Turkish cooperation on educational issues, but also on social, cultural and charitable projects. The association offers information on residence, labor and inheritance law and wants to bring German speakers together.

The members and sustaining members come from Turkey and the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The organ of publication is the newsletter for German speakers in Turkey with a print run of 1,000 copies. In particular, German women who have come to Istanbul after their marriage can organize themselves in this way. In addition to the chairperson (as of 2014), the board includes: Claudia Yılmaz (deputy chairperson), Corina Bilhan (treasurer), Brigitte Midil (secretary) and Kristina Laubscher (member).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yaşar Aydın : Returnees or transmigrants? First results of an empirical analysis of the living environment of the German-Turks in Istanbul . In: Şeyda Ozil, Michael Hofmann, Yasemin Dayioglu-Yucel (eds.): 50 years of Turkish labor migration in Germany . V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89971-933-8 , p. 82.
  2. ↑ Asker Kartari: Life abroad and the impact on everyday life. German managers and their families in Turkey . In: Alois Moosmüller (Hrsg.): Intercultural Communication in the Diaspora. The cultural design of living and working environments abroad (= Munich contributions to intercultural communication . Volume 13). Waxmann, Münster a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-8309-1226-9 , p. 132.
  3. ^ A b c Andreas Goldberg, Dirk Halm, Faruk Şen : The German Turks . Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-8232-2 , p. 249.
  4. ↑ See Jürgen Gottschlich : Turkey. A country beyond the clichés . Links, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-489-1 , p. 201.