Veli Sirin

Veli Sirin is a leader of the Alevi Islamic youth movement in Germany, composed of Germans of Turkish and Kurdish ethnic origin who adhere to secular politics, and other contemporary values, and oppose the encroachment of fundamentalism in Turkish governance. He is also a Director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism in Germany.

Op-Eds

Where Is Turkey Going?

By Veli Sirin

The unraveling of relations between Erdoğan and Gülen overshadow the corruption scandal.

Op-Eds

Erdogan's Latest 'Morals Enforcement'

By Veli Sirin

"We will not allow boys and girls to live together in state-owed student residences... All kinds of messy things are happening."

Analysis

The Circumcision Debate in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

By Veli Sirin

Legal obligations and guarantees of human rights should be universally applied – but these should include mutual respect between religious and non-religious people, and members of differing religious communities. Germany would do well to examine thoroughly, respectfully and seriously, the beliefs of its Jewish and Muslim citizens about the circumcision of their sons, not to mention the unquestionable medical advantages.