Hamide Akbayir (born 10 May 1959 in Frac,

Tunceli Province Tunceli Province ( tr, Tunceli ili, ku, Parêzgeha Dêrsimê, Zazaki: ), formerly Dersim Province, is located in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The least densely-populated province in Turkey, it was originally named ''Dersim Province' ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

) is a German politician and member of

the Left North Rhine-Westphalia The Left of North Rhine-Westphalia (''Die Linke Nordrhein-Westfalen'', usually written ''DIE LINKE.NRW'') is the chapter of the Left Party in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History Past history The WASG in North Rhine ...

, a state chapter of the Left Party of Germany.

Life

Hamide Akbayir has lived in Germany since 1972 and completed her Fachabitur (a kind of

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

that prepares students for

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

) in 1977. In 1980 she graduated as a Chemical Technician, and since then, she has worked for the Institute of

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. She was a member of the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

from 1993 until 1997, and in 1998 she joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). From 1998 until 2004 she belonged to the Foreigner Advisory Board of the city of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. In 2007 she became a member of the state party governing body for the Left in North Rhine-Westphalia. During the 2010 North Rhine-Westphalia election, she stood as a candidate of the Left in a local electoral district of

Hagen Hagen () is the Largest cities in Germany, 41st-largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany. The municipality is located in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the R ...

, and as a result of the election, she entered the state parliament as part of the party list. Her political priorities concerned women's equality, environmental protection, and peace. In the 2012 election her party did not win any seats. Hamide Akbayir is the chairperson of the

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

organization Yekkom in Germany.

Works

* (in German, with Monika Morres): "Backgrounds of Immigration and Flight with examples from Kurdish Women" (''Hintergründe von Migration und Flucht am Beispiel der Kurd(inn)en''). Published in: ''Immigration in a Globalizing World'' (''Zuwanderung im Zeichen der Globalisierung''), Ed.

Christoph Butterwegge Christoph Butterwegge (born 26 January 1951) is a German political scientist and poverty researcher. From 1998 to 2016 he was Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Comparative Education and Social Sciences at the Humanities Faculty ...

and Gudrun Hentges, 2000 ()

External links

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Hamide Akbyir
in the

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References

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