This is one of those interviews that ARD's 'Report Mainz' crew did on Turks living in Germany, and I'd highly recommend it (it is in German, please note).
The professor in this situation spent roughly six minutes talking about this trend where German-Turks (even those who are born in Germany, and grow up in the German school system) have started to accept their heritage and consider their 'heimatland' (where the heart is fond of)...as being Turkey....rather than Germany.
Back in the 1980s and 1990s....I think this was much less true, and kids of Turkish parents in Germany....kinda accepted their situation.
What changed (in my opinion)?
I lead back to three central themes:
1. The internet made the world a lot closer.
2. Erdogan brought Turkish issues and problems to the German-Turks on a daily basis, with surprisingly positive feelings by these younger Turks.
3. Finally, vacations became a relatively cheap thing, and I suspect that a lot of these younger Turks got used to the land where their parents grew up.
Creating another alternate society in Germany? You see the pattern with the Kurds, the Russians, the Greeks, and various cultures in Germany presently (with the Syrians and African groups in close pursuit).
You can stop a Ghanaian guy whose been in Germany three years, asking about what the current events are in Ghana and he'll list out the top ten issues in rapid-fire. He tracks it via social media and online newspapers. He watches soccer games from Ghana via his Tab or computer.
Germans viewing this? A bit shocked because things didn't work this way thirty to forty years ago.
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