"German Turks Feel Heat of European Discontent
News Feature, Michael Scott Moore,
Pacific News Service, Jun 13, 2005
Editor's Note: Turkish immigrants in Germany are feeling increasingly insecure following recent elections that many say reveal hostility toward immigrants.
BERLIN--Berlin's annual Turkish-European Street Festival tries to bring a dose of Near-Eastern culture to a stubbornly white European town. You can buy kafta and b�rek in the booths and pretend, for one afternoon, that the 'Strasse des 17. Juni' is a boulevard in Istanbul. But this year, in the wake of three decisive elections in Europe -- two defeats for the E.U. constitution, plus a regional victory for the German right -- the street fair's motto, 'We Are Europeans,' had a forced multicultural spirit that not even the festival-goers believed."
More:Pacific News Service > News > German Turks Feel Heat of European Discontent
