Orkan Özdemir, a member of the Berlin Parliament for the SPD, comes from a Turkish immigrant family. His experiences with the police during his youth, along with other challenges, led him to engage in activism.

Orkan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orkan_oezdemir/

We discuss Germany's immigration policy, the rise of the AfD, and right-wing extremism.Özdemir shares his personal experiences growing up in Schöneberg and talks about integration, discrimination, and his fight against far-right extremism. The episode also covers topics such as Berlin’s anti-discrimination law and its impact on society and how the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has turned the whole agenda on Immigration.Additionally, Özdemir reflects on how to counter anti-democratic and xenophobic narratives promoted by certain political groups in Germany with characters like the Leader of the AfD party, Alice Weidel.

In this episode, we talk about:✅ What life was like for the Turkish community in the 1990s and social segregation✅ His first steps into politics✅ The Brandmauer – the political barrier against the AfD✅ Anti-immigrant rhetoric in Germany✅ The true agenda of the AfD

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