About Çiğdem Akyol
Born 1978. Çiğdem Akyol is a German and Turkish journalist.
Cigdem Akyol (born October 1978) is a German journalist and author of Turkish-Kurdish ancestry.
Since 2019, Akyol has been a staff writer at the Swiss weekly WOZ.
In 2024, Akyol published her first novel about a family of Turkish immigrants in Germany.
Books Generation Erdogan. Die Türkei – ein zerrissenes Land im 21. Jahrhundert. Kremayr & Scheriau, 2015, Erdogan: Die Biografie. Herder, 2016, Die gespaltene Republik. Die Türkei von Atatürk bis Erdoğan, S. Fischer 2023, Frankfurt a. M. April 2023, Geliebte Mutter – Canım Annem. Steidl, 2024, (novel)
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Who is Çiğdem Akyol?
Turkish-German journalist and writer (born 1978)
When was Çiğdem Akyol born?
Çiğdem Akyol was born in 1978 in Herne.
What is Çiğdem Akyol's occupation?
Çiğdem Akyol is a journalist.
What nationality is Çiğdem Akyol?
Çiğdem Akyol is German and Turkish.
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