Mahir Türkmen is a PhD student at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main. He investigates anti-racist movements in Hanau and Minneapolis. In specific, he explores current political counter-movements of racialised people in urban regions. He previously studied social sciences at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He moreover works as a political teacher at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main. In particular, he is in charge of the Out-Reach projects there. As part of “Generation Europe” a organisation to intensify the Franco-German relations, he works on current topics about democracy and the political right populism in Europe.