Gülşen Aktaş
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- "Kosmopolita" (2009)
- "Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin" (2011)
Gülşen Aktaş | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 68–69) Tunceli, Turkey |
| Occupations | Educator, social worker |
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Gülşen Aktaş (born 1957) is a Turkish educator and social worker of Kurdish origin. Living in Schöneberg, Berlin, she serves the needs of migrant women in Germany.[1] She was awarded with "Kosmopolita" in 2009 and "Order of Merit of Berlin" in 2011.[2]
Gülşen Aktaş was born in Tunceli, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey in 1957. She is of Kurdish Alevi origin.[3][4] Her father died at an early age. Her mother moved without her children to Germany to work as a Gastarbeiter. She worked for years in a factory to provide for her four daughters in Turkey. Gülşen Aktaş grew up with relatives in Turkey.[5] She graduated from high school in Şanlıurfa, and became a primary school teacher in Diyarbakır Province.[4][5]
At the age of 21, Gülşen Aktaş followed her mother to Germany. First in Frankfurt am Main and later in Berlin, she completed a degree in political science.[5]
