Kazım Erdoğan

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Kazım Erdoğan (2010)

Kazım Erdoğan (born June 11, 1953 in Gökçeharman , Sivas Province ) works as a psychologist and sociologist in Berlin and is considered one of the leading experts on the integration of immigrants in Germany. The studied psychologist and sociologist has been leading Germany's first self-help group for men of Turkish origin , known as the “Fathers and Men Group” , since 2007 . Since then, the projects of Erdoğan and his non-profit association “Aufbruch Neukölln”, in which he is chairman, have been the focus of the media. In addition, in 2015 the director Bettina Blümner portrayed the group of fathers and men for the first time in a 90-minute film entitled “Crescent Truths”. For his long-standing commitment Federal President awarded him Joachim Gauck 2012 the Federal Order of Merit .

Life

Erdoğan grew up with seven siblings. His parents, who were illiterate, enabled him to go to boarding school in the eastern Anatolian city of Erzurum . As the first high school graduate and university graduate in his home village, he went to Berlin in 1974 to study psychology and sociology at the Free University . When he arrived in Germany, the then 21-year-old financed his life by lugging refrigerators and washing machines and working on the assembly line. In the first year of his entry, Erdoğan was in custody for deportation in West Berlin on September 25, 1974 because his passport and tourist visa had expired. The day before he was deported, the Free University of Berlin offered him a German course. The employee at the immigration office then waived expulsion and Erdoğan was able to continue his studies. After graduation, he worked for ten years as a secondary school teacher in Berlin-Tiergarten and then as a school psychologist in Schöneberg. Since 2003 he has been employed as a psychologist and social worker in the psychosocial service and advised until his retirement in 2016 on behalf of the Neukölln u. a. Parents and children in upbringing and family matters.

Based on his broad social commitment, Erdoğan was referred to as "Süpermann" by reporter Sonja Hartwig in an article in the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit". The Tagesspiegel also wrote that Erdoğan was "one of the record holders in Berlin when it comes to social engagement". In addition to his 8 hours in the psychosocial service, Erdoğan actually works up to 20 hours a day and is the source of ideas for many projects. He says of himself: "90 percent of my hard drive is full of projects."

Erdoğan is known as a gentle man and a loving father. He is married and has two daughters.

social commitment

In addition to the individual projects such as social legal advice, mothers 'groups, parents' meetings in daycare centers and schools, and the “Drinking Fountain” project, Erdoğan and the Aufbruch Neukölln association have set up many other projects. The more well-known projects are the fathers and men group, which are now in six different locations in Berlin, and the “Week of Language and Reading” project. In all projects, Erdoğan is always very important to meet people on an equal footing and "not to look down on anyone."

Erdoğan attests to society that more and more fathers are withdrawing from the upbringing and education of their children. But things are not looking good in other areas of society either: for this reason Erdoğan founded the group of fathers and men "so that they can participate in all areas of society". The fathers and men groups meet once a week to discuss topics such as violence, integration, tolerance, sexuality and addiction problems. The topics of conversation will be developed in consultation with the participants. There are several important goals. This includes strengthening the sense of community between people of different ethnic, religious and social origins, strengthening the exchange on women's and children's rights, developing joint activities “for a non-violent and democratic family and society” and providing information about the social and political system Germany.

The "Week of Language and Reading" took place in Berlin-Neukölln in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Erdoğan developed the idea further in 2012 and expanded it to all of Berlin. Week of Language and Reading in Berlin ”, over 1500 events - u. a. Readings in schools and daycare centers, cultural performances by artists and discussion rounds - organized with the support of 150 volunteers and the father's and men's group from Aufbruch Neukölln. One of the goals of the nine-day project was that “children and young people discover their linguistic expression with fun and games”.

Political

Erdoğan takes a differentiated stance with regard to integration policy. He is against the idea of ​​the CSU to let immigrants sign integration obligations. Erdoğan does not believe that these agreements will work. He himself learned German because he wanted to stay “in this beautiful country”. You have to convince the immigrants instead of forcing them. Erdoğan and his association Aufbruch Neukölln campaign for equality between men and women. The topic is also an important part of the self-help project fathers and men group. The project regularly gives rise to ideas for political actions: In January 2016, against the background of violence against women on New Year's Eve in Cologne, the group called for a demo “siddete hayir!” (Translation: “No to violence”) in North Neukölln.

Erdoğan also took a clear position with a view to the Bundestag resolution on Armenia, which was passed on June 2, 2016. Erdoğan welcomed the resolution and saw it as the right path to reconciliation and reappraisal. The 63-year-old psychologist also criticized the fact that the history books in Turkey were too one-sided. "There is only talk of hero stories and where the Ottomans were everywhere."

Regarding the attempted military coup in Turkey in the summer of 2016 and the demonstrations in favor of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Germany, the psychologist said that these were people "who do not feel they belong here." They would rather identify with the President than with the Chancellor. He also criticized the massive arrests and dismissals of judges, police officers and other officials and feared a major conflict among the people within Turkey.

Honors

  • 2005: Citizens' Prize (Neukölln Community Foundation)
  • 2006: Honorary award of his native village Gökçeharman
  • 2007: Band for Courage and Understanding
  • 2007: Capital City Prize for Integration and Tolerance (for Language Week Neukölln )
  • 2007: Active for Democracy and Tolerance (for Language Week Neukölln )
  • 2007: Integration Award VBKI, Senate Administration for Education, Science and Research
  • 2009: Active for democracy and tolerance (for Turkish men and fathers group )
  • 2010: German Engagement Prize
  • 2010: Neukölln badge of honor
  • 2011: Ambassador for Democracy and Tolerance
  • 2011: taz Panter Prize
  • 2012: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2013: Winner in the competition “Ideas for the Republic of Education” 2013/2014
  • 2013: Active for Democracy and Tolerance 2013 for the project “1. Week of Language and Reading in Berlin "
  • 2016: Winner of the “Human Award” from the Kluge Foundation
  • 2017: Winner of the Roman Herzog Prize

Literature and film

about Erdoğan
  • Film “Halbmondwahrheiten”, director: Bettina Blümner, length 90 minutes.
  • Gaby Straßburger, Stefan Bestmann “Practical handbook for social space-oriented intercultural work”, Publishing House MITARBEIT, 2008, ISBN 978-3-928053-95-2
  • Kroth, Isabella “Crescent Truths: Turkish Men in Germany - Interior Views of a Closed Society”, Diederichs, 2010, ISBN 978-3-424-35022-7
  • Wiese, Heino (ed.) “Stolz auf Berlin”, Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-942476-23-2
  • Rürup, Bettina Luise u. Sentürk, Beyhan (ed.) “Mittenmang. Civic engagement. Immigration. Alter “, Dietz Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8012-0413-6
  • Luig, Judith "Breitbeiner: Why we still like machos", Quadriga Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86995-008-2
  • Sonja Hartwig: "Kazım, how do we do it?", Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Munich 2017. ISBN 978-3-421-04765-6 .
from Erdoğan
  • Essay by the sociologist Kazim Erdogan - Fight against anti-Semitism: “Everyone can do something” . In: bild.de . ( bild.de [accessed April 24, 2018]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claudia Keller: Only bald heads disturb the idyll . Der Tagesspiegel, June 18, 2008, accessed on November 13, 2016
  2. ↑ Kristina Pezzei: Farewell to the Pascha cliché ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Stern, August 28, 2008, accessed November 13, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stern.de
  3. ↑ Caroline Schmidt: A man of honor does not hit his wife . Spiegel Online, April 28, 2009, accessed November 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Heide Oestreich: "You must be able to speak German" . taz, December 22, 2009, accessed November 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hadija Haruna : Turkish fathers invite ex-senators . Der Tagesspiegel, September 1, 2010, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b c Isabella Kroth: Kazim Erdogan: Integrated . Emma, ​​Fall 2010, accessed November 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ Hadija Haruna: Where poverty reigns, gambling thrives . Der Tagesspiegel, January 26, 2011, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b c Saara Wendisch: A thousand and one deeds . Der Tagesspiegel, January 10, 2013, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b c Sonja Hartwig: Süpermann . Zeit Online, November 26, 2015, accessed November 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ Aufbruch Neukölln website (2016). - ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of January 26, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aufbruch-neukoelln.de
  11. ^ "Aufbruch Neukölln" organizes Reading Week all over Berlin . Berliner Morgenpost, August 28, 2012, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  12. ^ Website "Sprachwoche Berlin" (2012). http://sprachwoche-berlin.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=28 . As of January 29, 2016.
  13. ^ Website Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance against Extremism and Violence. http://www.buendnis-toleranz.de/aktiv/aktiv-wettbewerb/168083/preisverleihungen-im-wettbewerb-aktiv-fuer-demokratie-und-toleranz-2013-am-16-april-in-berlin . As of January 30, 2016.
  14. ↑ Refugees write an open letter to Merkel . Tagesspiegel, January 10, 2016, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ Kemal Hür: "We are on the side of women in Cologne" . Deutschlandradio Kultur, January 12, 2016, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  16. ↑ Torben Lehner: “şiddete hayır!” . Neuköllner.Net, January 16, 2016, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ Armenia resolution: "We German Turks will now have a stamp on our foreheads" . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on June 13, 2016]).
  18. ↑ Sarah Zerback: "These are people who feel here not quite belong" . Deutschlandfunk, July 18, 2016, accessed on November 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/DE/Joachim-Gauck/2012/12/121203-Verdienstorden-Tag-des-Ehrenamtes.html
  20. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/soziales-engagement-tausendundeine-tat/7608174.html
  21. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.land-der-ideen.de
  22. ↑ Award ceremony of the Roman Herzog Prize 2017: These are the winners . In: Berliner Akzente . December 13, 2017 ( berliner-akzente.de [accessed January 19, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Erdoğan, Kazım
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erdogan, Kazim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish psychologist and sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Gökçeharman