Fahir Ersin (February 22, 1929 – April 1, 1988) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and a proponent of rights of Turkish Migrants in Germany and of Turkish-German relations. He was born in

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, Turkey, as son of Ayshe Sultan from the descendants of the ancient

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dynasty, a regional noble family in Turkey, and of a father of Cypriot origins, Mahir Ersin. He studied Political Sciences and Journalism at the

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. He is considered as one of the most respected journalists of his generation in Turkey, known as active proponent of the integration of Turkish migrants in German society. Having been involved in politics during his youth years within the press staff of the Prime Minister's office of

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in 1957, he was Chief Editor of various Turkish newspapers such as '' Adalet'' and ''

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'' in the 1960s, and chief editor of subsequent major Turkish newspapers such as '' Tercuman''. He was among the first founding staff of the leading newspaper ''

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'' as a close collaborator of famous Turkish journalist

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. He also served under the government of

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as speaker of the government in the 1960s. In the 1970s, during the government of

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, Ersin was offered various diplomatic functions in Iraq, Lebanon, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. During the 1980s, Ersin was chief editor of the European edition of the Turkish newspaper ''Tercuman'', based in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. A highly respected journalist and member of honor of the Turkish Press Association, he was a proponent of the rights of Turkish migrants in Germany and of Turkish-German relations. Ersin died in 1988 in Bonn, German

. Ersin was survived by his wife Ayten, his daughters Tomurcuk and Mihriban, and his sons Tufan and Mert. In 1989, the European Association of Turkish Journalists named an award after Fahir Ersin, which is given yearly to a journalist promoting the rights of Turkish migrants in Europe.

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1929 births Turkish journalists 1988 deaths Turkish people of Cypriot descent 20th-century journalists {{Turkey-journalist-stub