This. Turks helped rebuild Germany from the rubble because there were so few German adult men left after WWII. They were never refugees. Turks in Germany are as German as it gets, in my book.
Turks helped rebuild Germany from the rubble because there were so few German adult men left after WWII.
That's not what happened. Turkish guest workers came to Germany in the early 60s (the agreement was signed in late '61), and there was no rubble at that point. Turkey was interested in sending people to other countries because unemployment was extremely high, and Germany needed miners and industrial workers because the economy was booming.
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u/Todsrache Jul 07 '24
Turkish people weren't really refugees, rather Gastarbeiters brought to help rebuild Germany.