Cengiz Doğu
Cengiz Doğu (1 August 1945 – 14 November 2019) was a Turkish poet and activist against racism and discrimination who fled from political persecution in Turkey to Germany. Life Cengiz Doğu went to school in Izmir and studied Turkish language and literature from 1965 till 1974 in Istanbul. He was politically active since 1966, as he approached the Workers' Party of Turkey ideologically and co-founded the "Student Association of Turkish Studies" in 1968. After the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, all student associations were banned, and Cengiz Doğu was jailed for 20 days. He completed his military service from 1975 to 1977, but his studies were cancelled in 1977. He worked as a newspaper proofreader and emigrated to Germany in 1978, but returned to Turkey after a few months. However, after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, Doğu had to fear for his life and fled to Germany for good. From 1981 to 1988 he lived in the asylum seeker camp in Neuburg an der Donau where he wrote the book of poems Das Lager gleicht nicht den Kerkern Anatolien. Since his asylum application was rejected, he was expecting deportation to Turkey for years, although many German notable people and organizations supported