Cansu Özdemir
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Cansu Özdemir (born 8 September 1988, Hamburg) 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 she 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 is running for Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She is standing in the constituency of Hamburg Altona.
References[]
- ^ "DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "Election campaign support for left-wing top candidate Özdemir". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b WELT (2016-07-31). "Cansu Özdemir, Linken-Fraktionschefin & Mustafa Yoldas, Schura-Vorsitzender". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "CANSU ÖZDEMIR | Die Linke. Fraktion in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft" (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ ""Cansu Özdemir is our candidate"". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b NDR. "Porträt: Die Linke Cansu Özdemir". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Case against Cansu Özdemir over PKK flag closed". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ "Interview mit Cansu Özdemir - LandesPressePortal - Aktuelle Politik Nachrichten". landespresseportal.de. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Hamburg
- German people of Kurdish descent
- 21st-century German women politicians
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