Ismail Tipi
{{Short description|German politician (1959–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = MJK 42992 Ismail Tipi (Hessischer Landtag 2019).jpg
| imagesize = 150px|
| name = Ismail Tipi
| office = Member of Hessian Parliament, Offenbach Place 2
| term_start = February 9, 2010
| term_end = February 3, 2023
| predecessor = Volker Hoff
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|01|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = İzmir, Turkey
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|02|03|1959|01|03|df=y}}
| death_place = Offenbach am Main, Hesse, Germany
| spouse =
| party = CDU
| occupation = Politician
}}
Ismail Tipi (3 January 1959 – 3 February 2023) was a German politician (CDU) and member of the Hessian parliament.{{cite news |title=Landtag trauert um CDU-Abgeordneten Ismail Tipi |url=https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/hessischer-landtag-trauert-um-cdu-abgeordneten-ismail-tipi-v3,trauer-um-tipi-100.html |access-date=4 February 2023 |work=Hessenscha |date=4 February 2023 |language=de}}
Professional life
Of ethnic Turkish origin,{{citation|last=Fittkau|first=Ludger|date=2016|title=Serie: Wer ist das denn? Ismail Tipi kämpft für die CDU gegen einen radikalen Islam|url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/serie-wer-ist-das-denn-ismail-tipi-kaempft-fuer-die-cdu.1769.de.html?dram:article_id=375096|publisher=Deutschlandfunk|access-date=3 April 2021}} Tipi lived in Germany since 1972. By 1995 he received German citizenship. He worked as a journalist for Turkish and German media, among others, for the Turkish-language Hürriyet as deputy editorial director Europe for Star TV and for the Offenbach-Post.
Politics
Tipi was a member of the CDU since 1999. In 2006 he was elected an Alderman in Heusenstamm, in 2007 a council deputy for Offenbach. In the Hessian state election of 2009 he was a candidate number 67 of the state list and a replacement candidate in place 2 for the Offenbach. Following the resignation of Volker Hoff from the Hessian parliament, he was promoted to the parliament on February 9, 2010. He was the first ethnic Turkish politician in the Hessian CDU. Tipi retained his seat in the Hessian state election of 2013 with a direct mandate in place 2 for Offenbach with 46.1%In: [http://www.wahlen.hessen.de/irj/Wahlen_Internet?uid=238696a3-ddde-0417-9cda-a2b417c0cf46 "Hessischer Landeswahlleiter, Ergebnis Wahlkreis 45"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227081016/http://www.wahlen.hessen.de/irj/Wahlen_Internet?uid=238696a3-ddde-0417-9cda-a2b417c0cf46 |date=February 27, 2014 }}, 25. September 2013 of the vote.In: [http://www.op-online.de/lokales/nachrichten/heusenstamm/ismail-tipi-cdu-heusenstamm-3118092.html "Ismail Tipi: Ruheloser Brückenbauer"], Offenbacher Post Online, 18. September 2013
Tipi called internal security, religious extremism,In: [http://www.extratipp.com/nachrichten/regionales/rhein-main/das-eine-provokation-1320972.html "Das ist eine Provokation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829070306/http://www.extratipp.com/nachrichten/regionales/rhein-main/das-eine-provokation-1320972.html |date=August 29, 2011 }}, Extra Tipp, 17. Januar 2011 immigrationIn: [http://www.extratipp.com/nachrichten/regionales/aufreger/sarrazin-hat-im-kern-recht-sagt-tipi-915896.html "Sarrazin hat im Kern Recht"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132453/http://www.extratipp.com/nachrichten/regionales/aufreger/sarrazin-hat-im-kern-recht-sagt-tipi-915896.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}, Extra Tipp, September 13, 2010 and integration policiesIn: [http://www.op-online.de/nachrichten/heusenstamm/kenne-wuensche-migranten-613285.html "Kenne die Wünsche der Migranten"], Offenbacher Post Online, February 2, 2010 his priorities. He had since made a name in the fight against religious extremism, above all, Salafism, nationwide. His political commitment against radical Salafists had already led to death threats against his person.In: [https://www.derwesten.de/politik/cdu-politiker-ismail-tipi-wird-offenbar-von-salafisten-bedroht-id7796495.html "CDU-Politiker wird offenbar von Salafisten bedroht"], WAZ, 3. April 2013 Tipi considers the recent recruitment by Salafists in German schools to be particularly dangerous.In: [http://www.op-online.de/lokales/nachrichten/offenbach/interview-abgeordneter-warnt-werbeaktionen-radikaler-muslime-3302446.html "Mütter und Väter werden weinen"], Offenbacher Post Online, 8. Januar 2014
In the Hessen parliament Tipi was assigned to the Committee for Europe (EEA), the Committee of Social Affairs and Inclusion (SIA), the Council of Elders and the Main Committee (HAA). He was also the spokesman for integration policy for the CDU parliamentary caucus in Hesse and chairman of the State Committee of Experts "Integration and Migration" for the CDU in Hesse and a member of the education inquiry-commission.
Personal life
Tipi was married and had a daughter.
Tipi was committed to Islam,[http://www.ismail-tipi.de/inhalte/4/Ueber-mich/index.html Homepage von Ismail Tipi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123035623/http://www.ismail-tipi.de/inhalte/4/Ueber-mich/index.html |date=January 23, 2016 }}, retrieved, 28 April 2013 but said he was raised in a secular household.In: [http://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/gesellschaft.html?&news%5Baction%5D=detail&news%5Bid%5D=5425 "Extremisten sprechen die Sprache der Jugend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209011419/https://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/gesellschaft.html?&news%5Baction%5D=detail&news%5Bid%5D=5425 |date=February 9, 2019 }}, Medienmagazin PRO, 19. Mai 2012 He was committed to stopping Salafism and a parallel Islamic judicial system in Germany. He felt that the use of so-called Islamic magistrates hinder successful integration of Muslims in Germany.In: [http://www.ismail-tipi.de/inhalte/2/aktuelles/24015/islamische-paralleljustiz-die-schleichende-gefahr-fuer-unseren-rechtsstaat/index.html "Islamische Paralleljustiz, die schleichende Gefahr für unseren Rechtsstaat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120063947/http://www.ismail-tipi.de/inhalte/2/aktuelles/24015/islamische-paralleljustiz-die-schleichende-gefahr-fuer-unseren-rechtsstaat/index.html |date=January 20, 2017 }}, Homepage von Ismail Tipi, June 15, 2012
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Ismail Tipi }}
- [http://www.ismail-tipi.de/ Website von Ismail Tipi]
- Hessian parliament
- [http://www.pro-medienmagazin.de/fileadmin/pdf_pro/PRO_2013_01.pdf Interview]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (PDF; 31,1 MB), Pro Medienmagazin 1/2013, Seite 16
- [http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/nachrichten/indexhessen34938.jsp?rubrik=34954&key=standard_document_47984245 Anzeige erstattet: Morddrohungen gegen CDU-Abgeordneten], HR-online, retrieved, 20 February 2014
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tipi, Ismail}}
Category:Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Category:Members of the Landtag of Hesse
Category:Turkish emigrants to West Germany
Category:Naturalized citizens of Germany
Category:German politicians of Turkish descent
Category:21st-century German journalists