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Günter Wallraff
Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist. Life Günther Wallraff was born in Burscheid as the son of a Ford worker and a factory owner's daughter. After attending high school, he trained as bookseller until 1962. He began writing poetry as early as the 1950s. Wallraff invoked his constitutional right of conscientious objection to conscription in Germany into armed military service, thus being required to carry out alternative civilian service. Having missed the deadline for filing his refusal, he was nevertheless drafted into the ''Bundeswehr''. Wallraff refused to use the weapon within the Bundeswehr. During his time in the Bundeswehr in 1963, he kept a diary about his service. When he announced the publication of the diary, the military leadership offered to release him if he refrained from publishing it. Wallraff rejected that. He was admitted to psychiatric ward of the Bundeswehr hospital in Koblenz (Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burscheid
Burscheid () is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is known for its sub-communities (somewhat equivalent to the American concept of neighborhoods) and the town centre with its marketplace and churches. Economy The two largest employers in Burscheid are Federal Mogul GmbH (formerly known as Goetze AG) and Johnson Controls. Government The current mayor is Stefan Caplan (CDU), first elected in 2014 and re-elected in September 2020. The current city council was elected with the following breakdown of political affiliations, as of the 2020 local election: * CDU: 14 seats * Bündnis für Burscheid: 8 seats * SPD: 7 seats * Grüne: 7 seats * FDP: 2 seats * UWG: 2 seats Transportation Burscheid is on the A1 Autobahn, and federal highway (Bundesstraße) 51 travels through the town. The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr both operate bus lines that stop in Burscheid. Neighboring communities Burscheid is wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabloid (newspaper Format)
A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe Tablet (pharmacy), compressed pills, later adopted by newspapers to denote condensed content. There are two main types of tabloid newspaper: red tops and Compact (newspaper), compact, distinguished by editorial style. Red top tabloids are distinct from broadsheet newspapers, which traditionally cater to more affluent, educated audiences with in-depth reporting and analysis. However, the line between tabloids and broadsheets has blurred in recent decades, as many broadsheet newspapers have adopted tabloid or compact formats to reduce costs and attract readers. Globally, the tabloid format has been adapted to suit regional preferences and media landscapes. In countries like Germany and Australia, tabloids such as ''Bild'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim Çürükkaya
Mehmet Selim Çürükkaya (born January 1, 1954), is a founding member and later dissident of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and a Kurdish writer and International PEN member. Çürükkaya lives in Germany and has published eight books, one translated into German and English. Biography Çürükkaya was born in 1954 in the village of Tanzut, in Bingöl Province. He attended primary school in the village and learned Turkish. After completing primary school, the village was renamed to İkizgöl. After primary school he went to live with an uncle in Ceyhan (in the Province of Adana), in order to visit the middle school. He stopped going to school and worked for a coal merchant and in cafes. In the early 1970s he moved back to Bingol to finish high school. The village was temporarily destroyed by a landslide and elsewhere, 17 km from Bingöl, under the name Yeniköy been rebuilt. In 1974 Çürükkaya joined the PKK and in the following year, while a student at Tunceli Teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan ( ; ; born 4 April 1948 or 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish; Kurdish for "uncle"), is a founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Öcalan was based in Syria from 1979 to 1998. He helped found the PKK in 1978, and led it into the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in 1984. For most of his leadership, he was based in Syria, which provided sanctuary to the PKK until the late 1990s. After being forced to leave Syria, Öcalan was abducted by the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in Nairobi, Kenya in February 1999 and imprisoned on İmralı island in Turkey, where after a trial he was sentenced to death under Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code, which concerns the formation of armed organizations. The sentence was commuted to aggravated life imprisonment when Turkey abolished the death penalty. From 1999 until 2009, he was the sole prisoner in İmralı prison in the Sea of Marmara, where he is still held. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdistan Workers' Party
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or the PKK, isDespite the PKK's 12th Congress announcing plans for total organisational dissolution, the PKK has not yet been dissolved de facto or de jure. a Kurds, Kurdish militant political organization and armed List of guerrilla movements, guerrilla group primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of Turkish Kurdistan, southeastern Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, northern Iraq and north-eastern Syria. It was founded in Ziyaret, Lice on 27 November 1978 and was involved in asymmetric warfare in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), Kurdish–Turkish conflict (with several ceasefires between 1993 Kurdistan Workers' Party ceasefire, 1993 and 2013–2015 PKK–Turkey peace process, 2013–2015). Although the PKK initially sought an independent Kurdish state, in the 1990s its official platform changed to seeking autonomy and increased Human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey, political and cultural rights for Kurds within Turkey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Botev Prize
The International Botev Prize () is a prestigious Bulgarian award, presented to individuals with significant accomplishments in the field of literature. It was established in 1972 and is named after Hristo Botev, an iconic Bulgarian revolutionary, journalist and poet. Awarded This list is incomplete. The award is presented in different categories every 5 years. The International Botev Prize was not awarded between 1986 and 1996. 1976 * Alexey Surkov (1976) * Nicolás Guillén (1976) * Pierre Seghers (1976) * László Nagy (poet), László Nagy (1976) 1981 * Rafael Alberti (1981) * Ahmad al-Ahmad (1981) * Miroslav Krleža (1981) * Rasul Gamzatov (1981) 1986 * Günter Wallraff (1986) * Nil Hilevich (1986) * Mario Benedetti (1986) * Dmytro Pavlychko (1986) 1996 * Nadine Gordimer (1996) * Valeri Petrov (1996) 2001 * Branko Cvetkovski (2001) * Nikola Indzhov (2001) 2006 * Yevgeny Yevtushenko (2006) 2008 * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2008) � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Welle
(; "German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW (), is a German state-funded television network, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the Federal Government of Germany. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, Spanish, and Arabic. The work of DW is regulated by the Act, stating that content is intended to be independent of government influence. DW is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). DW offers regularly updated articles on its news website and runs its own centre for international media development, DW Akademie. The broadcaster's stated goals are to produce reliable news coverage, provide access to the German language, and promote understanding between peoples. It is also a provider of live streaming world news, which, like all DW programs, can be viewed and listened via its website, YouTube, satellite, rebroadcasting and various apps and digital media players. DW has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastarbeiter
; ; both singular and plural) are foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany between 1955 and 1973, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker program (). As a result, guestworkers are generally considered temporary migrants because their residency in the country of immigration is not yet determined to be permanent. Other countries had similar programs: in the Netherlands and Belgium it was called the program; in Sweden, Denmark and Norway it was called (workforce-immigration); and in East Germany such workers were called . The term that was used during the Nazi era was (German for 'foreign worker'). However, the latter term had negative connotations, and was no longer used after World War II. The term is widely used in Russia (, ) to refer to foreign workers in the country from post-USSR or third-world countries. Historical background Following World War II there were severe labour shortages in continental northern Europe, and high une ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish People
Turks (), or Turkish people, are the largest Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. They generally speak the various Turkish dialects. In addition, centuries-old Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire, ethnic Turkish communities still exist across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article 66 of the Constitution of Turkey defines a ''Turk'' as anyone who is a citizen of the Turkish state. While the legal use of the term ''Turkish'' as it pertains to a citizen of Turkey is different from the term's ethnic definition, the majority of the Turkish population (an estimated 70 to 75 percent) are of Turkish ethnicity. The vast majority of Turks are Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, with a notable minority practicing Alevism. The ethnic Turks can therefore be distinguished by a number of cultural and regional variants, but do not function as separate ethnic groups. In particular, the culture of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganz Unten
''Lowest of the Low'' or ''Lowest of the Low: the Turkish worker in West Germany'' is the English translation of German journalist Günter Wallraff’s book ''Ganz unten'' (“At the very bottom”), originally published in Germany in 1985. The book describes his undercover experiment as a Turkish migrant worker in West Germany over the span of two years. Overview Source: Wallraff assumes the identity of a Turkish man named Ali Sigirlioğlu. Wallraff opts to disguise himself for his experiment. He alters his appearance by wearing contact lenses and a wig to make himself appear younger, and additionally adopts what he considers to be a stereotypical cartoon accent and affect. Wallraff publishes an ad in a newspaper as Ali Sigirlioğlu, stating his willingness to work any job, including hard labor. He takes on various jobs as an unqualified worker, including work as a farmhand, a McDonald’s fast food worker, and as a worker in a Thyssen steel factory. Wallraff concludes his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow (; born 10 June 1941) is a German actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film ''Das Boot''. He is also known for his roles in ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum'' (1975), ''Dune'' (1984), ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), '' A Dry White Season'' (1989), '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), '' In the Mouth of Madness'' (1994), ''The English Patient'' (1996), ''Air Force One'' (1997), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2006), and for playing Sergei Bazhaev on the eighth season of ''24'' (2010). He is a Goldene Kamera, Bavarian Film Awards, and Bambi Award winner. Early life Prochnow was born on 10 June 1941 in Berlin in Germany. He was brought up in Düsseldorf. His father was an engineer. Career Prochnow portrayed the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film ''Das Boot''. He starred in the World War II dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Inside (1990 Film)
''The Man Inside'' is a 1990 American drama (film and television), drama film directed by Bobby Roth. It stars Jürgen Prochnow and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for a Mystfest award in 1990. Cast *Jürgen Prochnow as Günter Wallraff *Peter Coyote as Henry Tobel *Nathalie Baye as Christine *Dieter Laser as Leonard Schroeter *Monique van de Ven as Tina Wallraff * Philip Anglim as Rolf Gruel * Henry G. Sanders as Evans * James Laurenson as Mueller * Sylvie Granotier as Kathy Heller * Hippolyte Girardot as Rudolph Schick * Joe Sheridan as Karl *Philippe Leroy as Borges (credited as Philippe Leroy Beaulieu) *Christine Murillo as Angela *Barbara Williams (actress), Barbara Williams as Judie Brandt *Florence Pernel as Angel *Gert Haucke as Heinz Herbert Schultz *Günter Meisner as Judge Soundtrack ''L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside)'' is the seventeenth soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream and their forty-third overall. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
