About Kenan Engin
Born 1974. Kenan Engin is a Turkish writer and political scientist.
Kenan Engin (b. 1974, Pertek, Tunceli Province, Turkey) is a German-Kurdish political scientist.
Engin writes articles in Turkish, German and English for magazines and newspapers since 1995. He immigrated to Germany from Turkey in 2000 and studied at the University of Heidelberg, working there from 2009 onward.
Engin identified the Arab Spring as the "fifth wave of democracy" because of evident features qualitatively similar to the third wave of democracy in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Who is Kenan Engin?
Turkish-German political scientist (born 1974)
When was Kenan Engin born?
Kenan Engin was born in 1974 in Pertek.
What is Kenan Engin's occupation?
Kenan Engin is a writer and political scientist.
What nationality is Kenan Engin?
Kenan Engin is Turkish.
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