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Joost Lagendijk | |
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| columnist with the Turkish dailies Zaman and Today's Zaman | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Chair of the GreenLeft delegation in the European Parliament | |
| In office 1998–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Nel van Dijk |
| Succeeded by | Kathalijne Buitenweg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 June 1957 Roosendaal, Netherlands |
| Political party | GreenLeft |
| Spouse | Nevin Sungur |
| Residence | Istanbul |
| Website | www.JoostLagendijk.nl |
Joost Lagendijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌjoːst ˈlaːɣə(n)ˌdɛik]; born 8 June 1957 in Roosendaal, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician who was a columnist with the Turkish dailies Zaman and Today's Zaman until these newspapers were closed by the Turkish government. From 2009 till 2012 he was a senior adviser at the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University. He is a former GreenLeft (G/EFA) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and served as the joint chairman of the Turkey-EU Parliamentarians delegation.