Alev Korun is a Turkish-Austrian politician. Korun was the first Turkish congresswoman in the

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( Greens). In parliament, Korun has been serving as a member of the Committee on Human Rights and on the Committee on Internal Affairs since 2008. In 2013, she also joined the Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was a member of parliament till fall 2017, when the Greens lost all of their seats in the National Council. In addition to her role in parliament, Korun has been serving as a member of the Austrian delegation to the

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since 2012. As a member of the Green Party, she is part of the

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. She currently serves on the Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media and on the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People. In 2017, she was part of the mission of observers from the 47-member

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to monitor the

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that handed new powers to Turkish President

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.Shadia Nasralla and Andrea Shalal (April 18, 2017)
Observer says 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated
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Alev Korun
auf den Seiten der Wiener Grünen 1977 births Austrian people of Turkish descent Living people {{Austria-politician-stub