Turkey trip: Wüst presents tolerance medal to footballer Gündogan
He is the first footballer with a migration background to become captain of the national team. For years he has been committed to social cohesion. He is being honoured for this now.
Ilkay Gündogan, a former German national football player, has been awarded the Mevlüde-Genç-Medaille by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for his contributions to social cohesion. The medal was presented by Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst at a ceremony in Istanbul. Gündogan was recognised for using his popularity to promote tolerance and fight against racism and exclusion. The award, established in 2018, commemorates the 1993 Solingen arson attack that killed nine members of the Genç family.
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