German-Turkish Game and Theatre Educator, Author. Managing Director of the AuJA Spielräume gUG (h.b.) (charitable organization). Education and support for children and young adults with autism on a voluntary basis. Education degree in philosophy, German, English, and the aesthetics of music with concentration on becoming a teacher, and a focus on intercultural and anti-racist education, integration, and game and theatre education. Active in schools in deprived areas of Berlin and Bremen since 1999, as well as in kindergartens, universities, socio-cultural institutions, companies and workshops for the disabled. Speaker on the topics of autism, language acquisition, intercultural communication, innovation, improvisation and integration. Co-prize winner of the Bremer Promotional Award for Integration (2008, 2nd place). Father of an autistic child and assistant for individual cases for autistic children. Continued education at the Berliner Institut für tiefenpsychologische und existentielle Psychotherapie (Berlin Institute for Depth and Existential Psychotherapy, or BITEP) as of 2012.