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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Scripps Howard News Service

"Germany copes with integrating Turkish minority

By ROBERT COLLIER
San Francisco Chronicle
02-JAN-06

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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