Ali Gedikoğlu

An international actor in multiple fields

Founding President of the Cojep International

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).

Founding President of the Cojep International

Ali Gedikoğlu

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 ».

An international actor in multiple fields

Founding President of the Cojep International

Founding President of the Cojep international: 1998-2021

 

Author and Writer

“Immigrants facing borders”, “Ruveyda”, “Being an immigrant in France, the drama of Muslim immigrants”.

 

Producer, Media Creator and Director

Documentary “Turkish People of France“, TRT program “from France to the world“, TRT “France journal“ program, TRT “citizen voice“ program, “corresponding special“ program TRT, WebTv media Türk TV, WebTv Medya France TV and website of information mediaTurkinfo.com

 

International Events, Forums, Campaigns

“Act in favor of multiculturalism for a fairer world”, World Civil Solidarity Forum, training for capacity building for members of civil society, civic congresses, democracy celebrations, forums of refugees and humanitarian aid campaigns.

 

Art and Cinema

Silver Horse Cinema and Music Awards, Turkish Film Festivals.

 

Scouting and Camping

Between 1993 and 2002, organizer of several camps in which thousands of young people participated.

 

« The human being must have a posture
A vision
A perception
A love
A fight »
Cahit Zarifoğlu