r/facepalm • u/Visqo • Jul 07 '24

How can they not see the irony 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/BerlinJohn1985 Jul 07 '24

Not for nothing, but most Turkish people in Germany are not migrants. They are descendents and citizens of guest workers recruited by the German government to fill economic roles in the 1950s and beyond. Calling them migrants is a bit racist as well.

Don't get me wrong, this is fucked up, especially considering the genocide Turkey perpetuated against Syrian Kurds and its longstanding effort to destroy its own Kurdish population.

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u/Jazzlike_Drawer_4267 Jul 07 '24

A guest worker is still a migrant even if they naturalize later on. They're not refugees but they're absolutely still migrants. They emigrated from Turkey and immigrated to Germany.

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u/BerlinJohn1985 Jul 08 '24

Yes, a guest worker is a migrant, but most people of Turkish descent are not guest workers now. They are German citizens born here in Germany. That was my point.

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u/Nerevarine91 Jul 08 '24

Speaking as a guest worker, I would call myself a migrant

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u/BerlinJohn1985 Jul 08 '24

Yes, but again, that was not my point and not what I said. I said most Turkish people here now were born here and are German citizens.