Sibylle Thelen

Sibylle Thelen (* 1962 in Stuttgart ) is a German journalist , author , Turkologist and director of the State Center for Civic Education Baden-Württemberg .

Life

Thelen studied political science , communication studies and Turkish studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU Munich). She then worked as a journalist and, among other things, was the chief editor of the weekend supplement of the Stuttgarter Zeitung . As an author, she has written several books, including a volume on Istanbul . Since July 2011 she has been Head of the Democratic Engagement (memorial work) department at the Baden-Württemberg State Center for Civic Education in Stuttgart. Since January 2020 she has headed the State Center for Civic Education Baden-Württemberg as co-director in a dual position with Lothar Frick .

Istanbul - the city under power. Faces of the new Turkey , with a foreword by Feridun Zaimoglu , Herder-Verlag, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-03009-3 .
The Armenian Question in Turkey , Wagenbach, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8031-2629-0 .
Peter Steinbach, Thomas Stöckle, Sibylle Thelen and Reinhold Weber (eds.): Disenfranchised - persecuted - destroyed. Nazi history and culture of remembrance in the south-west of Germany , State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-945414-20-0 .
Angela Borgstedt, Sibylle Thelen and Reinhold Weber (eds.): Courage proven - resistance biographies from the southwest , State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-945414-37-8 .

↑ Biographical information from Wagenbach-Verlag
^ Department of memorial work at the State Agency for Civic Education in Baden-Württemberg
↑ State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .
↑ Single display. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Thelen, Sibylle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart