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Professor Dr. Hakkı Keskin (born 1943 in Turkey), is a model Germano-Turk.
He is a professor of Political Science and was the first German of Turkish descent to become a member of a German parliament (the Bürgerschaft in Hamburg), and the founder of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland is seen as one of the prominent leaders of the country's Turkish community. In fact, he was one of the Turkish deputies who accompanied German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Turkey last October.
Hakki Keskin is known for unapologetic statements like
or for dubbing then CDU-chair Angela Merkels musings on a Turkish EU-membership (she was against it) as a "kind of declaration of war against Turkey and the Turks living in Germany"* or his disappointment at the SPD's "neo-liberal" social and economic reforms which, so the professor, have hit poorer Turks.
In the meantime, Hakki has become somewhat of a loose cannon. He is giving interviews to Turkish newspapers and TV stations, denying (or at least substantially relativising) the Armenian genocide by the Turks. SPIEGEL ONLINE asked Keskin for a clarification, which they, indeed, got.
Predictably, Hakki's party is all in a flutter now, but our multi-ethnic paragon refuses to budge. (Oh yes, I ought to mention that he had in June 2005 withdrawn from the Social Democratic Party and joined the post-Communist DIE LINKE -- The Left -- party for which he became a member of the Bundestag after the September 2005 elections.)
(Read the rest at Roncesvalles.)
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- Turkish Teen Murdered An Armenian Journalist
The hatred in Turkey for Armenians is still present, as the following report can tell: Police on Saturday detained a teenager suspected of slaying an ethnic Armenian journalist, acting on a tip from the boy’s father after his picture was broadcast on...
- U.s. State Department: Armenian Genocide Didn't Happen
Here's a ahistoricality event of interest, according to the State Department reminding the Turks of their nation's past crimes, which the Turkish government denies ever happened, is grounds for dismissal. While America is supposed to bear the...
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The Hyphenisation of the German Political Culture
Professor Dr. Hakkı Keskin (born 1943 in Turkey), is a model Germano-Turk.He is a professor of Political Science and was the first German of Turkish descent to become a member of a German parliament (the Bürgerschaft in Hamburg), and the founder of the Türkische Gemeinde in Deutschland is seen as one of the prominent leaders of the country's Turkish community. In fact, he was one of the Turkish deputies who accompanied German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Turkey last October.
Hakki Keskin is known for unapologetic statements like
the EU must not be reduced to Christian values only
or for dubbing then CDU-chair Angela Merkels musings on a Turkish EU-membership (she was against it) as a "kind of declaration of war against Turkey and the Turks living in Germany"* or his disappointment at the SPD's "neo-liberal" social and economic reforms which, so the professor, have hit poorer Turks.
In the meantime, Hakki has become somewhat of a loose cannon. He is giving interviews to Turkish newspapers and TV stations, denying (or at least substantially relativising) the Armenian genocide by the Turks. SPIEGEL ONLINE asked Keskin for a clarification, which they, indeed, got.
There is "no proof of a genocide", so Keskin. Yes, Armenians died, "but was this a planned and intended destruction of the armenian population?", asked Keskin. At that time, "hundredthousands of Turks were killed" as well, which was not recognised by the "biased reporting in the European media".
Predictably, Hakki's party is all in a flutter now, but our multi-ethnic paragon refuses to budge. (Oh yes, I ought to mention that he had in June 2005 withdrawn from the Social Democratic Party and joined the post-Communist DIE LINKE -- The Left -- party for which he became a member of the Bundestag after the September 2005 elections.)
(Read the rest at Roncesvalles.)
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Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks" From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks"(Taz). Over one million Turks were killed in Turkey by Armenian gangs, Turkish...
- Professor Says, Turks In Germany Are A Time Bomb
From Vlad Tepes Blog: “The Turks in Germany are a time bomb, at least the majority of them”. This is the statement with which Peter Cohen, an American visiting professor at Munich University, concludes his recent study in Germany. Three million...
- Germany: Merkel Against Erdogan’s Initiative Of Turkish Schools’ Net
Some days ago Erdogan stated he wanted Turkish people abroad not to integrate in those countries, but to influence their policies. German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has showed her opposition to Turkish Preisdent Erdogan's initiative, of creating a...
- Turkish Teen Murdered An Armenian Journalist
The hatred in Turkey for Armenians is still present, as the following report can tell: Police on Saturday detained a teenager suspected of slaying an ethnic Armenian journalist, acting on a tip from the boy’s father after his picture was broadcast on...
- U.s. State Department: Armenian Genocide Didn't Happen
Here's a ahistoricality event of interest, according to the State Department reminding the Turks of their nation's past crimes, which the Turkish government denies ever happened, is grounds for dismissal. While America is supposed to bear the...