Kamil Taylan

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Kamil Taylan (* 1950 in Turkey ) is a German-Turkish television journalist , sociologist and crime writer .

Working in Germany

In 1981 his first German-language book publications appeared: Das Jugendbuch Merhaba ... Guten Tag: a report about a Turkish family (together with Karin König and Hanne Straube), for which he received the Hans-im-Glück-Preis in 1982 , and Turkey - Republic among wolves (with Jürgen Roth ).

Together with Georg M. Hafner , who also researched ways of drug trafficking with Taylan for the book For example Cocain (1988) and various reports for television, the journalist traced the life of a drug addict in Alexandra: Tod in Frankfurt in 1986 . Based on their experiences in the Frankfurt drug scene, the two authors wrote detective novels under the pseudonym "HAFTAY".

Taylan is also co-author of the youth book Oya (1988) about the “foreign homeland Turkey”, which tells the thought-provoking story of a Turkish child returning from home who cannot live in the homeland of his parents. Oya was often used as a teaching aid for intercultural learning in German schools, has seen over a dozen new editions and has also been translated into French.

Taylan's research Deadly slopes: Ski races at any price (1997) investigates the deaths in professional ski races in recent years, based on the death of the ski world champion Ulrike Maier at the Ski World Cup on January 29, 1994 in Garmisch. The book is based on a documentary by Taylor for ARD.

In recent years, Taylan has increasingly shot reports for television, especially for Hessischer Rundfunk , some of which were shown on ARD during prime time, and no longer published any books.

Taylan wrote and filmed long reports for the award-winning report series Das Rote Quadrat , something about Weesenstein - the flood and the sinking of a village (2002) and received 2002 for a report within this series ( The red square: Die Feuerfalle von Rostock ) the German and European Civis Media Awards and the Prix ​​Europa as Film of the Year. As early as 1989 he received the Civis Media Award for his ARD film "Hurdles - The Way to the German Passport".

His last documentary films from the series Der Tag, als ... : Der Tag als Jürgen W. Möllemann jumped into death (2007), again with Georg M. Hafner for Hessischer Rundfunk, who was critical of the last Days of the politician dealt with, and The day on which Theo van Gogh died with Esther Schapira , who was awarded the Prix ​​Europa .

Awards (selection)

  • Hans im Glück Prize 1982
  • Shortlist for youth literature book award 1982
  • Journalist Prize of the Permanent Conference of Interior Ministers of the Länder for the television film Death in Frankfurt 1987
  • Honorary diploma of the 32nd International Documentary Film Week in Leipzig for the television film Coca-In 1989
  • Civis Media Prize - Germany, 1989 for The Hurdle Run - The Way to the German Passport
  • Grimme Prize for The Living Torch with the Red Square 2001 series
  • Civis Media Prize - Germany, 2002 for Das Rote Quadrat - Die Feuerfalle von Rostock (ARD, 2002)
  • Civis Media Prize - Europe, 2002 for The Red Square - The Rostock Fire Trap
  • Prix ​​Europa for The Red Square - The Rostock Fire Trap (ARD, 2002)
  • Prix ​​Europa for The Day Theo van Gogh died (ARD, 2007)
  • International Media Award Frankfurt 2008 for inner city district (ARD, HR, 2008)
  • Regino Prize for excellent judicial reporting for the television film "The false confession of Günter Kaufmann" 2012
  • Prix ​​CIRCOM for the best investigative film and research 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Taylan, Kamil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Turkish television journalist, sociologist and crime writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Turkey