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About Cem Özdemir

Cem Özdemir is a member of the European parliament (MEP) and spokesperson for foreign affairs of the Greens/EFA parliamentary group.

Articles by Cem Özdemir

Tuesday 29th April

Turkey’s clash of values: memo to Europe

Cem Özdemir, 29 April 2008
The political and legal crisis in Turkey highlights a vital European interest
Thursday 12th February

Istanbul: my mother's city

Cem Özdemir, 12 February 2004
Cem Özdemir is a child of Istanbul who became Germany’s first member of parliament of Turkish origin. The terrorist bombs of November 2003, he writes, attack the city’s most precious inheritance: its multicultural, tolerant heart.
Thursday 29th May

Mehmet and Edeltraud too: prospects for a multicultural Germany

Cem Özdemir, 29 May 2003
The German Bundestag’s first parliamentary representative of Turkish descent is currently in Washington, comparing how minority groups organise themselves politically in the United States and Germany. Recently named ‘Multicultural Man of the Year’ by a German radio station, he turns a sometimes appalled gaze on his homeland, and asks how far Germany has to go to fulfil a truly multicultural vision.
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