Cansu Özdemir

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]

Özdemir in 2018

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 is 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, 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]

References
  1. "DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. "Election campaign support for left-wing top candidate Özdemir". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. WELT (2016-07-31). "Cansu Özdemir, Linken-Fraktionschefin & Mustafa Yoldas, Schura-Vorsitzender". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. "CANSU ÖZDEMIR | Die Linke. Fraktion in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft" (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  5. ""Cansu Özdemir is our candidate"". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. NDR. "Porträt: Die Linke Cansu Özdemir". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.


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