Renan Demirkan

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Renan Demirkan
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Demirkan in 2018
Born
Renan Demirkan

(1955-06-12) 12 June 1955 (age 69)
Ankara, Turkey
Years active1982–present
Website http://www.renan-demirkan.de/

Renan Demirkan (born 12 June 1955) is a Turkish-born German writer and actress. [1] In 2016, she initiated the call "checkpoint:demokratie", which became a registered association in May 2017 and of which she is the chair of the board. In June 2017, she founded the non-profit company "Zeit der Maulbeeren", of which she is the managing director. The project is supported by the state of NRW and is a free three-week offer to financially needy women with cancer, with or without children.[ citation needed ]

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Filmography

Publications

Awards

Demirkan has won numerous awards including the Goldene Kamera (1989), the Adolf Grimme Awards (1990), the Theaterpreis INTHEGA (2002) and the Bundesverdienstkreuz (1998).

References

  1. "Renan Demirkan". goethe.de (in Turkish).