Turks in Germany

Immigration is a phenomenon very common now-a-days. Some people consider it as a threat and others as an opportunity towards integration. Germany is one of the European countries with a high immigrant population especially from turkey, 2.4 % of the population are Turks.

During the 60´s Germans wanted to have cheap hand labor. Therefore, Turks got hired from German companies but what Germans did not expected were Turks to stay in the nation. Once little by little Turks established their lives in the German territory and also their families were migrating too. The first generation were expecting to come back to turkey but since they have their family and friends there they never came back, second and third generation got more adapted to the German culture and also learned the language easily what make Turks leave behind the idea of coming back to their nation. At this time, Turks are the biggest migrant population in Germany but due to the cultural and religious differences they are not integrated with Germans.

 Opportunities for this population are limited inside Germany; they are being rejected and in some cases discriminated due to their religious practices and differences. But they are working very hard to be treated equally and be integrated in society. The German government had created a low that recognize Turks born in Germany as Germans and will be treated equally, they have had better opportunities but are not being fully integrated in society.

Few Turks have had success inside organization in Germany as directives; the majority of these immigrants have jobs in which they do not have the opportunities to grow of be promoted. The Turkish market in Berlin is a very famous market where many different things are sold; the greater parts of visitors are tourists that are interested to know this market and taste Turkish food.

In the video above is showed a Turkish family from the second generation and they explain they feel in Berlin, they consider Germany as their home and turkey is just for vacations but at the same time they know how Germans feel with Turks presence in their territory.

References:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn_hshiMs

http://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/cronicasdesdeeuropa/2010/01/31/contra-la-pared-turcos-en-alemania.html

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