Cem Özdemir

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Members of the Bundestag Cem Özdemir (left) and Tobias Lindner, both from the Green Party, serving with the Bundeswehr in 2019

Cem Özdemir (b. 21 December 1965 in Bad Urach, Reutlingen district, Baden-Württemberg) is a transatlantic politician of the FRG block party BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN and globalist multi-functionary of Turkish origin. He has stated on numerous occasions that he is not a practicing Muslim.

Life

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Turks against Cem Özdemir because of his support of the Armenian resolution

Cem Özdemir was born in 1965 in the Swabian town of Bad Urach, in the Reutlingen district, to Turkish parents and grew up there. His father went to Germany first as a Gastarbeiter, followed by his mother in 1964.

Özdemir attended elementary school, secondary school and from the sixth grade the secondary school. After graduating from secondary school, he completed an apprenticeship as an educator (until 1987). On the second educational path, he caught up on the technical college entrance qualification and studied social pedagogics at the Protestant technical college for social affairs in Reutlingen (graduation in 1994). He wrote his diploma thesis on "Self-discovery processes of non-Germans of the second generation in Germany". During his studies, Özdemir began to really learn his native language, Turkish. To the topic of islam he said on 1 September 2017 on Facebook:

I am thinking today of my parents' Islam, which is an Islam of peace. Unfortunately, this Islam of peace is no longer a matter of course today. Salafists and Wahabists around the world are trying to misuse the religion of millions of people for their disgusting ideology of violence. We can not permit that! Everyone must be allowed to practice his and her religion peacefully. However, everyone must also keep their religion free from hatred and violence. I hope that peace will win against extremism and terrorism.

He is a member of the Atlantic Bridge, an American-German network and lobby organization founded in Berlin in 1952. The association serves to find, promote and train political leaders in the Federal Republic of Germany, who implement the requirements and interests of the influential circles of the United States of America across the Atlantic in Federal Republic of Germany politics. The World Economic Forum prepared the already proven political propagandist for leadership tasks in his profession, gave him the status of Global Leader of Tomorrow in 2002 and admitted him to the NWO's corps of officials and the corresponding globalist networks.

Özdemir has served as federal chairman of the Greens for several years since 2008. From 2008 to 2013 he held the position together with Claudia Roth, later together with Simone Peter. Özdemir has been a member of the Bundestag for many years and is a distinguished adviser to the American-jewish Committee (AJC), Berlin branch. On 25 January 2023, he wrote on Twitter:

"Russia must understand that it cannot win its murderous war. To do this, Ukraine must be able to repel Russian attacks again and again. And to do that, we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible. This is exactly why we deliver Panzer #Leopard2. Good this way!"

The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture (Bundesminister für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft since 8 December 2021) took part in a four-day military exercise with the Bundeswehr in April 2023 and was temporarily appointed 1st Lieutenant in the Reserve. He took part in shooting training with the P8 pistol and the G36 rifle, discussions with experienced soldiers and training in defense against nuclear, biological and chemical hazards were part of the training.

"Democracy does not defend itself. The Bundeswehr is needed for this, but we also need all of us as civilians who know what we have in the Bundeswehr".

According to the Bundeswehr, Özdemir is the first federal minister to complete the military exercises that have been offered at the armed forces base for 20 years. In 2019, not yet a federal minister, he had taken part in a two-day military exercise.

Passport and "patriotism"

At the age of 18, Cem Özdemir received a BRD passport (BRD-Reisepaßinhaber) to avoid being drafted into the Turkish military, which is mandatory for Turkish, no matter where they live. He told the German magazine "Der Spiegel" during an interview in 2001:

"One of the reasons I accepted German citizenship in 1981 was not to have to do military service in Turkey".

In 2009, he claimed, his decision to become a "German citizen" was reached when he was 16:

When I was 16, I decided to apply for naturalization. I wanted to become a citizen with equal rights and duties. I can still well remember that my parents and Turkish acquaintances had great concerns. It was almost unimaginable for her to give up her Turkish passport. But some of my German friends from the left-liberal spectrum also felt sorry for me at the time. Apparently, being more German was not a goal to strive for in these circles. Such was the Zeitgeist.

In 2022, Özdemir, an outspoken enemy of German nationalism (and especially of the political parties AfD and NPD), added:

For me, the Basic Law [Grundgesetz] is the basis of our peaceful coexistence, our main republican culture, so to speak. The Basic Law applies to everyone in this country without exception. Germany's path to democracy was rocky and long – that's why we can be proud of our constitution.

Turkey

The Bundestag classified the massacre of Armenians as genocide in 2016. MP Cem Özdemir fought for it despite threats from Turkish fascists. Also in 2016, Özdemir took a position on Türkiye's EU membership:

Turkey is moving away from the European Union every day, but the debate in Germany was also dishonest. Honesty would mean saying: With Erdoğan, with this course that Turkey is currently pursuing, there will be no membership.

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