Cansu Özdemir
German politician
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Cansu Özdemir (born 8 September 1988) is a German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the Hamburg Parliament.[1]
Life
Özdemir was born in Hamburg to Kurdish parents in 1988.[2] After she received her Abitur from Kieler Straße Business School[3] in 2009, she studied cultural anthropology[3] and politics at the University of Hamburg.[4]
Political career
In 2009, Özdemir also became a member of The Left and in 2011 she entered the Hamburg Parliament[5] of which she has been a member ever since.[4] Özdemir led The Left in the 2020 Hamburg state election.[6]
She is known for her support for the legalization of the Kurdistan Workers' Party,[7] which is banned in Germany. Özdemir is also a strong critic of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the foreign policy of Germany regarding Turkey.[6] She called Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "dictator" in an interview.,[8] and is also critical of the Syrian civil war.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She contested the constituency of Hamburg-Altona.
References
- ^ "DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten". spiegel.de. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Election campaign support for left-wing top candidate Özdemir". ANF News. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b WELT (31 July 2016). "Cansu Özdemir, Linken-Fraktionschefin & Mustafa Yoldas, Schura-Vorsitzender". DIE WELT. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b "CANSU ÖZDEMIR | Die Linke. Fraktion in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft" (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "'Cansu Özdemir is our candidate'". ANF News. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Porträt: Die Linke Cansu Özdemir". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Case against Cansu Özdemir over PKK flag closed". ANF News. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Interview mit Cansu Özdemir – LandesPressePortal – Aktuelle Politik Nachrichten". landespresseportal.de. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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External links
- Biography at the Hamburg Parliament website
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