Hakkı Keskin
Hakkı Keskin ( born February 12, 1943 in Macka, Turkey) is a German politician of Turkish origin.
Life and career
After graduating from high school in 1964 in Erzincan Keskin went to Germany and earned here in Hamburg in 1966, the German university entrance. He then completed his studies in political science at the Free University of Berlin, which in 1977 awarded the degree of Dr. rer. pol. with the work of the debt and underdevelopment, in particular the example of Turkey. finished. He then returned for two years back as a planning consultant on the staff of the Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit Turkey. Then Keskin was 1980-1982 research assistant at the University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Legal Affairs Berlin. In 1982 he joined as Professor of Politics and Migration Policy at the Department of Social Education at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. From 1995 to 2005 Keskin was the founding chairman of the Turkish Community in Germany.
Hakkı Keskin is married and has two children.
Policy
Keskin was a member of the SPD until he resigned in protest against government policy in June 2005.
From 1993 to 1997 Keskin was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. He was the first Turkish-born Member of Parliament Parliament of a country.
From 2005 to 2009 he was a member of the German Bundestag with four other colleagues of Turkish origin. Here he was EU enlargement commissioner of the Left faction. Keskin is fed through the open country of the Left Party in Berlin list the Bundestag. For the 2009 federal election he was still drawn up by the Left as neither constituency candidate on a national list.
Controversies
In early 2007 exacerbated a public dispute over Keskins stance on the Armenian genocide, Keskin had this on several occasions questioned or relativized. In addition, Keskin had published with Diether Dehm on 9 May 2007 on behalf of the Left faction to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict a press release in which the " unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces of Armenia [ of Karabakh ] and the restoration of full territorial government integrity of Azerbaijan as an indispensable prerequisite for peaceful conflict resolution " and the unrestricted right of return of displaced Azerbaijani refugees were demanded. This is not matched with the Left Party press release made for intraparty upset. The parliamentarian Ulla Jelpke complained about an " extremely one-sided presentation " of the conflict. The Central Council of Armenians in Germany criticized Keskins stance on the issue of the Armenian genocide ". Causing at least among the Turks living in Germany for a critical examination of the darkest chapters of Turkish history " politicians like it would prevent
With regard to the headscarf issue Keskin represents a position in contrast to the German Association of Islam shows a more open attitude. For Keskin have the wearing of headscarves by teachers and beyond demands for gender segregation during swimming and sports lessons with Islam, which is by its nature very tolerant, nothing to do ..
Works
- Turkey. From the Ottoman Empire to the nation state. Career underdevelopment. Olle & Wolter, Berlin, 1978; 1981 ( updated), ISBN 3-88395-708-9.
- Germany as their new home. An Assessment of the integration policy. Publisher of Social Science, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-14673-4.
- German -Turkish perspectives. Newsreel -Verlag, Schwalbach, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89974-474-3.