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.
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]