I am continuing my blog post 4, with Turkish Migrants: Germany is a home to many Turkish migrants. After World War II, Germany was split between the West (Allies-United States, France, United Kingdom), and the East which was controlled by the Soviet Union. The Allies, including Turkey were part of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. […]
Author: Dias Rodin
Germany’s little Turkey: Disagreements
Since the 1960s, there have been an influx of Turkish people in Germany, who came to work and send money back home. Today there are more than 7 million people of direct Turkish descent or who have Turkish roots. The Turks have felt more discriminated against even in their “German neighborhood” called Keupstrasse in Cologne, […]
Migration : More “Push” than “Pull”
Imagine packing everything you own into one little suitcase and never having a home. Well this is the experience for Rozina. She was born in Iran after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Almost all aspects of life were changed, especially for women. Rozina is a Persian name and the Iranian government disapproved of any name […]
Racism: Turkish and Mexican
There is an ongoing problem of racism in Germany and the United States. In the early 1990s Germany reunified, but many migrant workers decided to stay, the biggest community being the Turks. The Turks were invited to Germany during the Cold War to work and live, although the plan was not meant to be permanent. […]
Overview: German Policy for Migrants and Families in 20th century Europe
This is commenting on “Family Policy and Labor Migration in East and West Germany” by Paul Adams in 1989. After World War II there was a great influx of migration in Europe and the Soviet Union. This was particularly concentrated in Germany, which was split between the democratic west (Federal Republic of Germany), and the […]