Murat Çakır
Murat Çakır (* 1960 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish- German politician and was press spokesman and board member of WASG until spring 2006 . He switched to a permanent position at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation .
Life
Murat Çakır has lived in Germany since 1970. He is married and works as a freelance translator. He began his political career as a WASG member in the State Association of Hesse .
He then became federal chairman of the Federation of Immigrant Associations from Turkey (GDF) and federal chairman of the German Advisory Council for Foreigners .
Until 2000 he was a volunteer member of the Federal Advisory Board for Foreigners. Since January 22, 2005, he has been a member of the founding board of the WASG. In the mayor election on March 5, 2017 in Kassel , he will run as the top candidate for the party Die Linke .
Works
- The pseudo-democrats. Turkish lobbyists, Islamists, right-wing extremists and their work in the Federal Republic . GDF, Düsseldorf 2003
- Anti-racism and the Turkish organizations in Germany . GDF, Düsseldorf 2004
- Migrants as scapegoats: Does "integration" fail because of xenophobia? VSA, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 3-89965-942-2 .
- Partisans of a New World: A History of the Left and Labor Movement in Turkey Die Buchmacherei, Berlin 2018
Web links
- Blog with articles by Murat Cakir and others on Turkey
- Murat Çakır: Turks in Germany - A critical view
- Murat Çakır: The paternalistic representatives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Çakır, Murat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish-German politician (WSAG), spokesman and board member of the WASG |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |