#Dr. Rolf Gössner# is a lawyer, publicist and member of the board of trustees of the International League for Human Rights (Berlin) and co-editor of the annual Basic Rights Report. On the situation of civil and human rights in Germany (Fischer-TB). As a lawyer (1980-2021), international trial observer, participant in human rights delegations (including to Turkey) and speaker, he has been dealing with the Kurdish question, the human rights situation in Turkey and a disastrous German-Turkish security cooperation since the 1990s. He is the author and editor of numerous books on the subject of democracy, internal security and civil rights. Gössner has received several awards, most recently the Hans Litten Prize from the Association of Democratic Jurists (VDJ).[1]