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The Turks in Turkey (especially more progressive-leaning, and those from large cities like Istanbul) can occasionally have somewhat negative views of the Turks in Germany, specifically (descendants of) the first Turkish Gastarbeiters, for their generally more conservative/Islamist political views, sometimes they are called almancı (literal ...
Germany has turned out to be the number one partner of Turkey in fields such as foreign trade, financial and technical cooperation, tourism and defense industry. [37] In 2020, Germany was the biggest trade partner of Turkey, they had a bilateral trade volume of $38 billion. German companies invested nearly €25 billion in Turkey's energy ...
Since the 20th century, these ethnic Turkish communities have also migrated to Western Europe and have enlarged the Turkish diaspora significantly (e.g. Algerian Turks have mostly settled in France; Bulgarian Turks have migrated mostly to Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden; Turkish Cypriots have a large population in the UK; Macedonian Turks ...
Turks have had a long history in Europe, dating back to when the Ottoman Empire began to conquer and migrate during the establishment of Ottoman territories in Europe ("Rumelia"), which created significant Turkish communities in Bulgaria (Bulgarian Turks), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian Turks), Cyprus (Meskhetian Turks), Greece (Cretan Turks ...
The Solingen arson attack of 1993, in which neo-Nazis set fire to a Turkish family's home, was one of the most severe instances of xenophobic violence in modern Germany. Turks are "the most prominent ethnic minority group in contemporary Germany", [121] and discrimination and violence against them are common.
The mass immigration of Turks also led to them forming the largest ethnic minority group in Austria, [115] Denmark, [116] Germany, [117] and the Netherlands. [117] There are also Turkish communities in other parts of Europe as well as in North America, Australia and the Post-Soviet states. Turks are the 13th largest ethnic group in the world.
Inventors of a COVID-19 vaccine, top politicians and film stars are among the Germans with Turkish roots blazing new trails in societal acceptance.
Türkenpfuhl ("Turks Lake"): is a small body of water in Berlin. It is located in the Neukölln district. The allotment gardening association "Am Türkenpfuhl" is located directly on the lake and a settlement also has the same name. Türkenstraße ("Turks Street"): located in the Wedding district and leads from Müllerstraße to Edinburger ...