"In Germany, Turkey's EU bid tied to immigration
If nation rejects effort, dire consequences for integration may follow
By Grace Rauh, STAFF WRITER
BERLIN — Ozcan Mutlu's office on the fourth floor of Berlin's stately Parliament building has its own skylight and is a short walk from Potsdamer Platz, the cluster of gleaming new buildings that has come to symbolize the rebuilding of Berlin after reunification.
His seat in the capital's governing body is an enviable one for any aspiring politician. But for a man who was born in a small village in northeastern Turkey and moved to Germany at age 5, it represents an inroad that few of the estimated 2.5 million people of Turkish origin living in Germany have realized."
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