1,306 Turks sought asylum in Germany in August

[TomSea]

Turkish Minute:

1,306 Turks sought asylum in Germany in August
By  TM -   September 6, 2019

A total of 1,306 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in Germany in the month of August, according to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Friday.

The number represented an increase over 1,274 in July and 751 in June.

Turks ranked second after Syrians among groups of nationals seeking asylum in Germany.

More at: https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/09/06/1306-turks-sought-asylum-in-germany-in-august/

[Absalom]

A reflection.
Following Prussia's Victory over France in 1870, VonBismarck unified Germany under the Hohenzollern.
It then began an aggressive move to expand; one of its earliest being the Berlin to Baghdad Railway.
To achieve this, it formed a close alliance w/the Ottoman Empire while training much of the senior
Ottoman Military Staff in Prussia.
One such Officer was Mustafa Kemal, the hero of Gallipoli and after the Great War, the President
of Turkey which he freed from the yoke of Ottoman backwardness. The point is simple.
There is a longstanding bond between Germany and Turkey that reaches back some 150 years. 

[roamer_1]

There is a longstanding bond between Germany and Turkey that reaches back some 150 years.

Perhaps further than you know... Ancient history has the Assyrians (as opposed to Syrians - Upper and lower classes) paddling across the pond at the final fall of Assyria to establish a beach front... The oldest towns in the Germanic region claim Assyrian descent.  Ancient Assyria had a double-eagle standard, claimed to be the 'master race'... the parallels abound...

[Absalom]

Perhaps further than you know... Ancient history has the Assyrians (as opposed to Syrians - Upper and lower classes) paddling across the pond at the final fall of Assyria to establish a beach front... The oldest towns in the Germanic region claim Assyrian descent.  Ancient Assyria had a double-eagle standard, claimed to be the 'master race'... the parallels abound...

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My reference point was a unified Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

[roamer_1]

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My reference point was a unified Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

I understand. My commentary was beside - or rather, beyond - the point.

 

[truth_seeker]

Try Guestworkers, during the "Economic Miracle," in W. Germany during the 50s and 60s.

Germany needed workers, many had died in the two wars, o workers were brought in from mainly Southern Europe.

Many were Turks, but also Italians, Portugues, Greeks, etc.

Search it on the modern Internet,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastarbeiter