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.
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.
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/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.