Advisory Board
The Academy Advisory Board is the central body of Tarabya Cultural Academy. It is made up of representatives from the German Bundestag, the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Goethe Institute. The members of the Academy Advisory Board are appointed for four years; the Advisory Board can be newly appointed at the beginning of a legislative period.
The Academy Advisory Board appoints the jury in charge of awarding residencies. In addition, it advises on the conceptual guidelines for the Cultural Academy and the procedure for awarding residencies. It can advise and make decisions on all questions concerning the Cultural Academy.
Members of the Advisory Board (as of October 2022)

STATE MINISTER ANNA LÜHRMANN
Chair, Foreign Office, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

CLAUDIA ROTH, MP
Deputy Chair, Minister of State for Culture and Media, Green Party

MICHELLE MÜNTEFERING, MP
Deputy Chair, SPD

ALEXANDER GRAF LAMBSDORFF, MP
Deputy Chair, FDP

RALF BESTE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

JOHANNES EBERT, SECRETARY GENERAL
Goethe-Institut

ERHARD GRUNDL, MP
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

SUSANNE HIERL, MP
CDU/CSU

DR. MARC JONGEN, MP
AfD

AMIN LASCHET, MP
CDU/CSU

INGO MIX
Group leader K 2, Art and Culture Promotion, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

MICHAEL MÜLLER, MP
SPD

AYDAN ÖZOĞUZ, MP
SPD
Jury
The jury for selecting residents at the Cultural Academy consists of five experts from the fields of art and culture. It is appointed by the Academy Advisory Board for a term of two-years.
Members of the jury

DR. YILMAZ DZIEWIOR
Director, Museum Ludwig Cologne

DR. RAINER HERMANN
Islamic scholar and journalist, FAZ

ESRA KÜÇÜK
Executive Member of the Board of Trustees, Allianz Cultural Foundation

AYŞE POLAT
Film director, screenwriter & producer

CYMIN SAMAWATIE
Singer, conductor & composer of contemporary music
Team
Leitung

RÜDIGER KAPPES
Director of Tarabya Cultural Academy

PIA ENTENMANN
Curatorial Director
Team

LENA ALPOZAN
Public relations and Program coordination

ÇİĞDEM İKİIŞIK
Program coordination

SİNEM TEKEL
Administration and resident assistance

TIJEN TOGAY
Finance Controlling & Alumni-Funds

Mirjam Weth
Management