"Turks, But No Turks
Germany's largest minority not represented in final World Cup line up
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Germany's 2006 World Cup squad is likely to be the most cosmopolitan in the country's history. Players born in Poland (Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose) and Brazil (Kevin Kuranyi) stud the team sheet, and despite the country not having had a large colonial presence in sub-Saharan Africa, the exotic origins of Patrick Owomoyela (Nigeria) and Gerald Asamoah (Ghana) are clear.
However, there is no one of Turkish descent in the German ranks, despite the fact that they are Germany's largest minority community -- numbering 2.7 million people -- and that they are almost universally in love with football. Why is this? "
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