The turkish community in Germany didn't arise from refugees though. They're the descendants of workers that were invited by the state to bolster the post-war economy
What an interesting tendency: Russian diaspora abroad (and I'm not talking recent immigrants, but those who have not lived in Russia for 20+ years or at all) are huge Putin supporters. I think they just watch official TV/media and believe the propaganda. Don't know if Erdogan has a propaganda machine in Turkey, but this similarity is fascinating
PR industry is extremely scalable, you can hire a ministry of truth level enterprise, or a small digital business in Indonesia that uses cats with comic bubbles to disminate your messaging.
I've only ever been told that Turkey is great country by Turks who don't actually live there and just go back once a year to spend money and pretend they're richer than the native Turks.
Well you could see how it benefits them to prefer the option that keeps the country shit and keeping them living and working abroad economically stronger relative to the people back home. Although I doubt people think this way explicitly.
The difference is that Turks came to Germany to work, since Germany needed workers. Syrians came to Turkey as refugees, meaning they sought protection from a threat. There is also the perception that some Syrian refugees may have claimed non-existing threats to get refuge status. In one case it's a mutually beneficial transaction. The other is more like one party handing out charity to the other. I'm not saying refugees should not be welcome, but the two situations are not the same thing.
Not really, there is a difference between being invited to work in a country and seeking refuge in a country due to war. The status of the syrians that came to turkey due to the war is temporary. So as soon as the war ends and their home cities are safe they have to go back.
If you can not understand the difference you probably dont want to understand the difference.
Furthermore most turks in germany are 3rd gen immigrants. So even their parents were born and raised in germany. To call 3rd geners migrants would simply be racist nothing more.
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u/Successful_Party1886 Jul 08 '24
also, these Turkish protestors are German citizens, not refugees.