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Sevim Dağdelen
Sevim Dağdelen (born 4 September 1975) is a German politician of Kurdish origin and a member of the Left Party ("die Linke").
Early years.
Born in Duisburg, Sevim Dağdelen finished high school in 1997, and studied law first at the University of Marburg and then at the University of Adelaide, Australia and later at the University of Cologne. She never finished her law studies and subsequently dropped out to pursue her political career.
She worked as a journalist for the Turkish
White House in June 2011.
In 2012 Dağdelen faced criticism for signing a controversial pamphlet accusing the U.S. of preparing war against Syria and Iran. Dağdelen is also the only politician to have visitied Julian Assange where he remains at the Embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom.
Dağdelen was re-elected into the Bundestag for the third time following the 2013 election.
See also.
- Kurds in Germany
External links.
- Sevim Dağdelen Bundestag profile