I learned so much during my time at Yale and met the most incredible people. The World Fellows Program was the best time of my life!
2007
Mehmet Gürcan Daimagüler
Partner
Dr. Daimagüler von Wistinghausen Rechtsanwälte
Dr. Mehmet Gürcan Daimagüler is a German-Turkish human rights and policy adviser lawyer based in Berlin and Bonn. Mehmet is also one of the leading political and cultural activists on German-Turkish issues and was the first German of Turkish descent to be elected to the national board of a German political party, the Free Democratic Party. An outspoken advocate for human rights in Germany, he founded the first political advocacy group for Turkish immigrants in Germany in 1994. He also spearheads inter-religious dialogue in Germany, bridging, in particular, the Muslim-Jewish divide.
As a co-plaintiff, he represented several relatives of victims of a neo-Nazi terrorist cell (the National Socialist Underground) at trial in Munich as well as survivors of the Shoa in a number of trials against former SS-concentration camp guards. He also is an adjunct professor and teaches human rights to senior police officers at the "Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht“ Berlin. He is author of several books on politics and law. He appears regularly in the media aww an expert for human rights and criminal law. As a speaker he participated in 300+ conferences both national and internationally.
The 2007 World Fellows
The 2007 Yale World Fellows include a top television news broadcaster in China, the Chief Operating Officer of the BBC’s New Media unit, members of parliament from Singapore and Ukraine, and one of Southeast Asia’s most critically acclaimed playwrights. “I am very pleased to introduce this extraordinary group of men and women to the Yale community,” said University President Richard Levin. “The World Fellows Program attracts outstanding talent, and Yale will benefit greatly from the Fellows’ presence on campus.” “The 2007 Yale World Fellows not only have remarkable records of leadership,” said Yale World Fellows Program Director Daniel C. Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale,...Read More
