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Yaşar Bilgin
Born (1950-06-14) 14 June 1950 (age 74)
Mersin, Turkey
Occupation(s)Physician and Politician
Known forFounder of Turkish-German Health Foundation

Yaşar Bilgin (born 14 June 1950) is a Turkish-born German politician and cardiologist, holding a professorship and a doctorate in this field.[1] He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union since 2002 and has since been a member of the executive committee of the CDU Hessen.[2] He is also the President of the Turkish-German Health Foundation.[3]

Bilgin was the Doctor of prominent figures like Turgut Özal and his wife Semra Özal, Süleyman Demirel, Alparslan Türkeş, Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and İsmet Sezgin.[4][5]

Education and medical career

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Bilgin studied Medicine both in Turkey and in Germany. Bilgin started his medical studies at the University of Istanbul in 1970 and finished them in 1979 at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, where he also studied philosophy. From 1986 to 1989 he had stays abroad for scientific work in the field of heart transplantation in Louisville, Kentucky, after which he was recognized as a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology in Giessen. Bilgin has been a professor of cardiology since 1997.[6] Since 1996 Bilgin has been working as a senior physician at the Center for Internal Medicine at Justus Liebig University. Since 2015 he has been the head of the Intercultural Medical Clinic at the Gießen University Hospital.[7]

Political career

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Since 1988 he has been chairman of the Turkish-German Health Foundation, the first foundation to look after the interests of Turkish people living in Germany.[8] Since 1992 he has been chairman of the Council of Turkish Citizens with around 2,500 Turkish associations as members in Germany and a member of the Forum Against Racism at the Federal Ministry of the Interior.[9] He is also Member of the German integration summit.[10][11] Since 2002 Bilgin has been a member of the executive committee of the CDU Hessen[12] and Chairman of the Avicenna-Award-Association.[13]

Other activities

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Sabah Newspaper. "Yasar Bilgin ... O simdi profesör".
  2. ^ Welt Newspaper. "Roland Koch – Ein Mann sieht schwarz".
  3. ^ Türkisch-Deutsche Gesundheisstiftung. "Impressum Türkisch-Deutsche Gesundheitsstiftung".
  4. ^ Frankfurter Rundschau. "Todesanzeige für Extremisten".
  5. ^ KARAR. "Prof. Dr. Yaşar Bilgin kimdir aslen nereli kaç yaşında? Turgut Özal ve Demirel'in doktoru Yaşar Bilgin'in hayat hikayesi".
  6. ^ KARAR. "Yasar Bilgin kimdir".
  7. ^ Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung (GAZ). "Eine »interkulturell-medizinische Ambulanz« fürs Klinikum".
  8. ^ Stadt Gießen. "Türkisch-Deutsche Gesundheitsstiftung".
  9. ^ Rat der Türkeistämmigen Staatsbürger (17 May 2011). "Vorstand".
  10. ^ Die Bundesregierung. "Debatte über "Heimatidentität in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft"".
  11. ^ Deutsche Welle (DW). "Rumblings of Discontent". Deutsche Welle.
  12. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "CDU-Politiker schaltet Todesanzeige für Rechtsextremen". Faz.net.
  13. ^ Avicenna-Award. "Board of Directors".
  14. ^ Uludağ Universitesi. "Tıp Fakültesi'nde ilk ders zili 'online' çaldı".
  15. ^ Zonguldak Üniversitesi. "Doc. Dr. Yasar Bilgin".
  16. ^ Sozialminister verleiht. "Bernhard-Christoph-Faust Medaille" (PDF).
  17. ^ HABER TBMM. "TBMM üstün hizmet ödülü".
  18. ^ Ministerpräsident Volker Bouffier. "Prof. Dr.Yasar Bilgin".
  19. ^ MyNet. "Prof. Dr. Yaşar Bilgin'e Fahri Profesörlük Unvanı".
  20. ^ Der Bundespräsident. "Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen vom 1. September 2014".
  21. ^ Hurriyet. "İnönü Üniversitesi'nden Prof. Dr. Bilgin'e 'Fahri Doktora'".