Ali Gedikoğlu

He was born on November 17, 1965 in Antalya. He graduated from Korkuteli High School and enrolled in the Open Education Faculty of the University of Anatolia.

He was the president of the French youth branches of the national vision (« Milli Görüş ») organizations established by Turkish workers in 1985-1999. Between 1983 and 2001, he established and conducted youth camps. In 1999 he founded the movement of Cojep international and has directed Cojep’s accreditation and participatory statutes in international organizations (Unesco, United Nations, OCDE, OSCE, Council of Europe, European Parliament and European Fundamental Rights Agency).

Since 2007, in international organizations, he has organized and participated in hundreds of conferences on racism discrimination, democratic participation, equal rights, justice, freedom and security. He founded ORIW, the association of fight against racism and discrimination, and he was the founding honorary president of the justice and equality, political party (« PEJ »). He organized « Silver horse», the cinema and music awards award ceremonies, founded and directed « medya Turk » and «media France ». He wrote the book «Immigrants in front of the walls» (Dorlion Edition, 2017) and his “Rüveyda” (Yade Edition, 2016) poetry book was published. He has produced and published for TRT (Turkish state TV channel) programs such as “French diary”, “France to the world”, “the voice of the citizens” and “colors and tints of coffeehouses ».