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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Foreigners At Home: Turkey Beckons To Germany's Turks : NPR

Foreigners At Home: Turkey Beckons To Germany's Turks

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May 05, 2013 2:16 AM

In 1961, desperate to increase its labor force, West Germany signed an employment agreement with Turkey and launched a wave of immigration that continues to have repercussions today.

Now, after years of being treated as second-class citizens in Europe's economic powerhouse, large numbers of Turks — descendants of the first wave of immigrants — are returning to Turkey.

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