Scientific Advisory Board

Curriculum Vitae

– Prof. Dr. Kariane Westrheim (Educational Scientist, Bergen / NO)
– Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar (Lawyer, Ankara / TR)
– PD Dr. Şefik Tagay (Psychologist, Essen / D)
– Dr. Nikolas Brauns (Historian, Berlin / D)
– Dr. Luqman Turgut (Kurdologist, Frankfurt a.M. / D)
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– Prof. Dr. Kariane Westrheim

Academic education:
Educational Sciences
Work and professional experience (i.a.)
Professor of Educational Sciences at the University of Bergen
Focus on inssues of multiculturalism, knowledge construction within political movements, education in areas of war and conflict
Publications (i.a.)
“Taking to the Streets! Kurdish collective actions in Turkey“
“Choosing Mountains: The PKK as alternative knowledge and identity project”
“Prison as site for Political Education: Educational experiences from prison narrated by members and sympathizers of the PKK”
Voluntary commitment
Chairwomen of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)
Participant of several delegations monitoring Turkey´s compliance with EU accession criteria
Visit of Rojava – North Syria in 2015 as part of a fieldwork

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– Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar

Academic education
Graduate in law, University of Ankara
Master in law, University of Ankara
Doctoral degree in law at University of Ankara on the topic „Commentary of Fundamental Rights“
Habilitation at Departement of Law, University of Ankaraon the topic „Constitutional State“
Work and professional experience (i.a.)
Professorship at law faculty of Ankara University 
Columnist for weekly magazine Birikim
Columnist for daily newspaper Birgün
Columnist for newspaper Taraf
Presenter of TV programme „Arayış“ imc tv
Member of “Committe of Wise Men” apointet by AKP-Government for a solution to Kurdish question and establishing a peace process in Turkey
Since 2015 Member of Turkish Grand National Assambly for Peoples´ Democratic Party HDP
Publications (i.a.)
Geçmişle Hesaplaşma, Unutma Kültüründen Hatırlama Kültürüne (Auseinandersetzung mit der Vergangenheit, Von der Kultur des Vergessens zur Kultur des Erinnerns) 2014

Şehrin Zulası, Ankara Kalesi (Das Versteck der Stadt, die Festung von Ankara)
„Devlet Aklı“ Kıskacında Hukuk Devleti (Rechtsstaat in der Zange der
„Staatsraison“)

He translated the work of Jürgen Habermas „change of public“ with Tanıl Bora into Turkish (Titel: Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü)
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– PD Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Şefik Tagay

Academic education
Graduate in psychology at Bochum University
Doctoral degree at University of Duisburg-Essen
Habilitation (venia legendi) in psychotherapist
Work and professional experience (i.a.)
Şefik Tagay is psychologist, scientist and psychotherapist http://www.tagay.net/sefik-tagay/
He is research director at LVR-clinic Essen, research on psych traumatology, migration and health, psych oncology, eating disorder, resources and psychotherapy https://www.uni-due.de/rke-pp/Tagay.shtml
Awards and distinctions
2004: poster award of German Society for sickness of digesting system and metabolic disorder (DGVS)
2010: Advancement award of German Society for psych traumatology (DeGPT)
Publications (i.a.)
mit S. Ortac: Die Eziden und das Ezidentum – Geschichte und Gegenwart einer vom Untergang bedrohten Religion, Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Hamburg, 2016.
mit E. Schlottbohm, M. Lindner: Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung., Kohlhammer, 2016.
mit W. Senf: Essener Traum-Inventar. (ETI), Hogrefe, 2014.
mit S. Düllmann, N. Repic, E. Schlottbohm, F. Fünfgeld und W. Senf: Das Essener Ressourcen-Inventar (ERI) – Entwicklung und Validierung. In: Trauma – Zeitschrift für Psychotraumatologie und ihre Anwendungen. 12(1), 2014, S. 72–87.
mit N. Repic und W. Senf: Diagnostik von Traumafolgestörungen bei Erwachsenen sowie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mittels Fragebögen. In: Psychotherapeut. 58, 2013, S. 44–55.
mit N. Repic, S. Düllman, S. Schlottbohm, E. Hermans, R. Hiller, M. Holtmann, D. Frosch und W. Senf: Traumatische Ereignisse, psychische Belastung und Prädiktoren der PTBS-Symptomatik bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. In: Kindheit und Entwicklung. 22, 2013, S. 70–79.
mit S. Düllmann, E. Hermans, R. Hiller, N. Repic und W. Senf: Das Essener Trauma-Inventar für Kinder und Jugendliche (ETI-KJ). In: Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 61, 2011, S. 319–327.
mit S. Schlegl und W. Senf: Validierung der deutschen Übersetzung des Eating Disorders Quality of Life (EDQOL). In: Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik,Medizinische Psychologie. 61, 2011, S. 16–24.
mit S. Düllmann, S. Schlegl, R. Nater-Mewes, N. Repic, Ch. Hampke, E. Brähler, G. Gerlach und W. Senf: Effekte stationärer Psychotherapie auf Essstörungssymptomatik, gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität und personale Ressourcen bei Anorexia und Bulimia nervosa. In: Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie. 61, 2011, S. 319–327.
mit A. Kribben, A. Hohenstein, R. Mewes und W. Senf: Posttraumatic stress disorder in hemodialysis patients. In: American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 50, 2007, S. 594–601.
mit Y. Erim, B. Stoelk, A. Möllering, R. Mewes und W. Senf: Das Essener Trauma-Inventar (ETI) – Ein Screeninginstrument zur Identifikation traumatischer Ereignisse und posttraumatischer Störungen. In: Zeitschrift für Psychotraumatologie, Psychotherapiewissenschaft, Psychologische Medizin. 1, 2007, S. 75–89.
Voluntary commitment
Chair of Society of Ezidi Academics  (GEA)
http://www.gea-ev.net 
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– Dr. Nikolaus Brauns

Academic education
New and old history, modern German literature, book studies in Munich
Doctoral degree in new history about red help Germany
Work and professional experience (i.a.)
Research associate of Ulla Jelpke, spokeswomen on domestic affairs of Left Party in Berlin (since 2007).
Correspondent for newspapers junge Welt and Neues Deutschland. (since 1997).
Freeland author specializing in Turkey/Kurdistan, History of labour movement as well as domestic issues (since 2006).
Publications (i.a.)
Nikolaus Brauns / Brigitte Kiechle: PKK – Perspectives of Kurdish Liberation Movement: Between self-determination, EU and Islam, Stuttgart 2010.
Middle East – War, Occupation, Resistance (Ed: Nikolaus Brauns und Dimitri Tsalos), Bonn 2007.
Kurds in Syria and the self-administration of Rojava, in: Fritz Edlinger / Tyma Kraitt (Ed.): Syria – a country at war – Background, Analyses, Reports, Vienna 2015.
Kurds in Iraq – From civil war via authonomy to independence, in: Tyma Kraitt (Ed.): Iraq – State fragmented – Background, Analyses, Reports, Vienna
Voluntary commitment
Chair of Hans-Litten-Archive – Association for formation and funding of an archive of workers and social movements solidarity organizations (Red-Help-Archive)
Work in Kurdistan solidarity committee Berlin and regular study trips to Middle East
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– Dr. Lokman Turgut

Academic education
Arabian and Iranian Studies at Georg-August-University in Göttingen (1998-2000)
Master (M.A.) in Kurdish Studies at INALCO- Institut national des langues et civilisations orintales in Paris (2000-2002)
Doctoral degree in Iranian Studies (Superviser: Prof. Kreyenbroek) at Georg-August-University in Göttingen (2009)
Work and professional experience (i.a.)
Lectureship for Kurdish language at Georg-August-University in Göttingen (2002 –2004)
Management of a transliteration project of IKMG GmbH (Independent Kurdish Media Group) in Berlin (2011-2012)
Research assignment at Mustafa Barzani Post for Kurdish studies at University of Erfurt (2012 – 2014)
Research assignment for Kurdish language at Institute of Oriental Studies University of Bamberg (2013)
Research assignment at University of Salzburg with the topic of „Kurdish politics in Turkey and Syria“ (2015)
Publications (i.a.)
„Mexmûr: Gelo ya li ser tê nihurandin netewe ye?“ (Mexmûr: Is it the Nation, which is sung), in Le Monde Diplomatique (Kurdish edition), Köln 2010, 15-17.
Oral literature of Kurds in Botan and Hekari region, Berlin 2011 
„Memory and Social Structures in Kurdish Society“. In: Remembering the Past in Iranian Societies, edited by Christine Allison and Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Harrassowitz Publisher, Wiesbaden 2013, p. 47–57.
Ancient Rites and old Religions in Kurdistan, in: Studia Kurdica, Nr.1, Erfurt 2013
„An Inside View of the Kurdish Alevis: Dîwana Heq of Pir Ali Bali“, in Omarkhali, Khanna (ed.), Religious Minorities in Kurdistan: Beyond the Mainstream. Series: Studies in Oriental Religions, vol. 68. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2014, pp. 159–172.
„PKK between different revolutionary strategies“, in Küpeli, Ismail (ed.), Fight for Kobane, 2015
Voluntary commitment
Member of Kurd-Akad. Network of Kurdish Professionals (registered Assoziation) and member of the editorial board of Gerdûn
Member of ASPS- The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies