Erkan Özden is a Danish journalist, author and public speaker of Turkish heritage. He has been a news anchor on DR's TV Avisen since 2014, and previously served as a US correspondent based in Washington and as a reporter in conflict and disaster zones. His book "Min historie" traces his family's migration from Turkey to Denmark and reflects on growing up as part of the first Danish-born generation.
Journalist and TV anchor Erkan Özden shares his family's journey from Turkey to Denmark, a single-generation leap from poverty to academic success, and the experience of belonging to two worlds.
Erkan Özden shares his personal family history spanning three generations, from rural Turkey to Copenhagen, exploring identity, class mobility, and the experience of growing up as a child of a guest worker in Denmark.
