"Germany copes with integrating Turkish minority
Immigration reform on agenda after decades of separate, unequal treatment
Robert Collier, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Berlin -- In the streets of Kreuzberg, a Berlin neighborhood known as Little Istanbul, a cultural tug-of-war is plain to see.
Women with Muslim head scarves and long cloaks linger in doorways of kebab and spice shops, young Turkish men play video games in Internet parlors, while German hipsters sip espresso in ultra-modern cafes.
Turks remain a separate and unequal population in Germany. 'People don't feel accepted,' said Safter Cimar, a spokesman for the Turkish Union of Berlin."
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