Between 2002 and 2005 , Deligöz served as Chief Whip of the Green Party ’s parliamentary group . From 2009 until 2013 , she part of the group ’s leadership around co-chairs Renate Künast and Jürgen Trittin . A member of the Budget Committee and as deputy chairwoman of the Audit Committee , she has served as her parliamentary group 's rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs ( BMAS ) ; the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ( BMBF ) ; the Federal Ministry of Health ( 2013-2017 ) ; the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs , Senior Citizens , Women and Youth ( BMFSFJ ) ; the Office of the Federal President ( since 2013 ) ; the Federal Foreign Office ( since 2018 ) ; and the Federal Court of Auditors ( since 2018 ) When Deligöz voted in a favor of a symbolic resolution in 2016 that labels the 1915 killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman forces " genocide " , a description that Turkey strongly rejects , she became one of eleven MPs of Turkish origin who received increased police protection and further security measures for both their professional and private activities . Also , Germany 's Federal Foreign Office warned her against travelling to Turkey because her safety could not be guaranteed after statements by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggesting that German lawmakers of Turkish origin had " tainted blood "
1915 killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians
Armenian Genocide
Ekin Deligöz