Derya Türk-Nachbaur Explained

Derya Türk-Nachbaur
Office:Member of the Bundestag
for Baden-Württemberg
Constituency:Schwarzwald-Baar
Term Start:26 October 2021
Birth Date:10 April 1973
Birth Place:Paderborn, West Germany
Party:Social Democratic Party of Germany

Derya Türk-Nachbaur (born 10 April 1973, Paderborn) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021, representing the Schwarzwald-Baar district.

Political career

Türk-Nachbaur is of Turkish origin and entered the Bundestag in the 2021 elections.[1] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[2] She also joined a study commission set up to investigate the entire period of German involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 and to draw lessons for foreign and security policy in future.[3]

In addition to her committee assignments, Türk-Nachbaur has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Cyprus and Malta. She is also a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In the Assembly, she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities.[4]

In 2023, Türk-Nachbaur co-founded the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on the Situation of the Uyghurs.[5]

Within her parliamentary group, Türk-Nachbaur belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[6]

Other activities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SPD in Baden-Württemberg: "Wir sind nicht viele. Dafür sind wir gut" . 12 April 2021 . 28 April 2022 . 6 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006230307/https://www.vorwaerts.de/blog/spd-baden-wuerttemberg-viele-dafuer-gut . dead .
  2. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/T/tuerk_nachbaur_derya-860206 Derya Türk-Nachbaur
  3. Stefan Heinlein (19 September 2022), Müller (SPD): Gremium wird den gesamten Afghanistan-Einsatz beleuchten Deutschlandfunk.
  4. https://pace.coe.int/en/members/8522/turk-nachbaur Derya Türk-Nachbaur
  5. Marie Illner (8 September 2023), SPD-Abgeordnete über neuen Parlamentskreis: "Es wird den Ärger Chinas auf uns ziehen, damit rechnen wir" web.de.
  6. https://www.parlamentarische-linke.de/unsere-mitglieder/ Members
  7. https://www.giz.de/en/aboutgiz/board_of_trustees.html Board of Trustees
  8. https://www.dsw.org/parlamentarischer-beirat/ Advisory Board