Mete Ekşi

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Mete Ekşi (* 1972 in Berlin ; † November 13, 1991 ibid.) Was a German youth of Turkish descent who died in a violent confrontation at the age of 19.

He was born in Berlin, lived in Kreuzberg as a child of Turkish parents and attended the Sophie-Charlotte-Gymnasium in Charlottenburg .

Brawl and death

On October 27, 1991, Ekşi was involved in a violent confrontation on Berlin's Adenauerplatz . Three brothers from Marzahn , Martin (18), Markus (24), Michael Sch, were involved. (25 years old), as well as a group of Turkish-born Kreuzbergers. Mete Ekşi collapsed bleeding after being hit with a baseball bat. He was then in a coma for 17 days and died on November 13, 1991. The 25-year-old Michael Sch. was sentenced on January 21, 1994 to three years and nine months in prison. A right-wing extremist background to the act was denied by the judge when the verdict was pronounced. Other sources, however, speak of a right-wing extremist attack.

5,000 people took part in the funeral march from Adenauerplatz to Schöneberg Town Hall.

Memorial stone

Memorial stone for Mete Ekşi

Today the Mete Ekşi memorial stone on Berlin's Adenauerplatz commemorates the death of Mete Ekşi:

“Mete Eksi, b. 1972, died on November 13, 1991 from the serious injuries he sustained at this location during a violent confrontation between young people from Berlin of different origins. Mutual respect and the will to nonviolence could have protected his life. "

The memorial stone was erected on the fifth anniversary of Ekşi's death in 1996.

Mete Ekşi Prize and Mete Ekşi Fund

Since 1992, the Berlin State Association of the Education and Science Union (GEW) and the Turkish Parents' Association have annually awarded the Mete-Ekşi Prize , which is financed by the Mete-Ekşi Fund . The prize, endowed with a total of 3,000 euros, honors the work of children and young people who are committed to peaceful intercultural interaction.

The first prize winners at the Mete Ekşi Awards are listed below by year:

  • 1992 - Neukölln youth center Wutzkyallee with the project "DeuJuKuArTü-Musical"
  • 1993 - Beethoven high school with a theater project
  • 1994 - Kunterbunt children's club house with a video project
  • 1995 - Children's youth and culture center Naunynritze, project "To stay here is my right"
  • 1996 - Youth Culture Day Mosaik, project "intercultural youth work"
  • 1997 - Kontaktladen VIP, project "Commitment to the integration of young emigrants"
  • 1998 - Kreuzberger Musical Action eV, project "Promotion of musical projects in Kreuzberg"
  • 1999 - Mann-O-Meter-Maneo with the project "Support for gay youth of different nationalities"
  • 2000 - Youth alliance colored instead of brown
  • 2001 - Berlin State Institute for Schools and Media Conflict Pilot Project Violence Prevention
  • 2002 - Gutenberg high school and grammar school "FFRunge" with the project "violence" and "against the right"
  • 2003 - Project "X-Berg-Tag" of the district museum Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg "Intercultural city tours through Kreuzberg"
  • 2004 - Class 8.3 of the Fritz Karsen School, "Action against the deportation of classmates"
  • 2005 - Student network MuT - "Commitment to humanity"
  • 2006 - YAAM (young african art market)
  • 2007 - Elbe Primary School in Neukölln and Richard Wagner Primary School in Lichtenberg, music project "You are not that different!"
  • 2008 - HipHop project “JamOnIt” and the E-youth of the Kreuzberg soccer club Türkiyemspor
  • 2009 - Berlin dance group "Team SelaXion" from Reinickendorf, dance project: "On a mission with street children from Berlin-HipHop against racism"
  • 2010 - Hermann Hesse School in Berlin-Kreuzberg for the play "Özgürlük - or - Is There No Sex In Kreuzberg"
  • 2011 - "Schülerpaten Berlin eV", project "Promotion, accompaniment, support of their sponsored children of Arab origin"
  • 2012 - Reginhard School in Berlin-Reinickendorf with the project "Letteparade"
  • 2013 - Grade 6a of the Fichtelgebirge elementary school in Berlin-Kreuzberg with the project "Grenades and apples: My self goes through your shop - looking for tolerance"
  • 2014 - Class 4a of the Sternberg Primary School in Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg with the project "Against Exclusion and Discrimination"
  • 2015 - handball department SG VfB Hermsdorf-TV Waidmannslust in Berlin-Reinickendorf with the project "Integration through Sport"
  • 2015 - Classes 4a, 5a, 6a of the Teltow elementary school in Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg with the music and dance theater project "The life of Muhamad"
  • 2016 - Theater AG of grades 4–6 at the Scharmützelsee elementary school in Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg with the project "Inverted escape - Haya's journey through time home"
  • 2016 - Yaylas Wiese eV in Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf with the project "Learning; anywhere-anytime-active together!"
  • 2017 - United Youth Berlin
  • 2017 - Class 5a of the Lindenhof elementary school for the staged reading "Basic Law Rap"
  • 2017 - Katharina Heinroth primary school for a project day against discriminatory behavior towards Roma and Romnija as well as Sinti and Sinti
  • 2018 - Student meeting refugees eV
  • 2018 - Stolperstein project of the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Schule for the pupils of class 11.2
  • 2019 - WHAT'S UP ?! - magazine
  • 2019 - Manege HELPS!
  • 2019 - Romnja Power Theater collective

Web links

Commons : Mete Ekşi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/morgen-beginnt-prozess-um-den-tod-des-tuerken-warum-musste-mete-eksi-sterben-,10810590,8800042.html
  2. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/newsticker/process-um-tod-von-mete-eksi-hat-begonnen-brueder-haben-erinnerungsluecken,10917074,8800512.html
  3. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/richter-schlossen-rassistische-motive-aus-tod-von-mete-eksi-mit-haftstrafe-geahndet,10810590,8802768.html
  4. ↑ http://www.zeit.de/1992/51/Viele-haben-an-die-Rueckkehr-in-die-Tuerkei
  5. ↑ http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/deu/Chapter7_doc7_German.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.isvk.de/files/kompass-2007-04-jugendgewalt.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/gedenkstein-fuer-mete-eksi,10810590,9198256.html
  8. ↑ GEW Berlin: Mete-Ekşi funds. November 25, 2019, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  9. ↑ GEW- Berlin: The winners of the past years. November 25, 2019, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b 25th Mete Ekşi Prize. In: press release. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, November 1, 2016, accessed on November 2, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ekşi, Mete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish student, victim of a violent confrontation between young people in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1991
Place of death Berlin