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BioNTech is not a German/Turkish company. It's a German company, two of whose founders are of Turkish descent.
by taejo 6y ago
BioNTech is not a German/Turkish company. It's a German company, two of whose founders are of Turkish descent.
- egeozcan 6y agoAs someone who migrated to Germany from Turkey, people like me (and everything we are involved in) are "German" when we do something they're[0] not proud of, we are "Turkish" if we ever come close to success, and "of Turkish descent" in the normal times. Of course it depends who you are asking :) It's a bit annoying to be honest but not a huge deal. I suppose all immigrants have similar problems. [0]: I mean people living in Turkey
- allendoerfer 6y agoI have read it‘s a bigger problem and a source for islamism, especially for the 2nd or 3rd generation of descendents of immigrants: When Germans still see you as Turkish, but Turks see you as German, it makes sense to a) be angry and b) search for some other identity.
- dboreham 6y agoSame thing all over humanity: Scottish when losing the race, British when winning..
- taejo 6y agoI didn't mean to make any judgment about the "Turkishness" or "Germanness" of Drs. Şahin and Türeci. I just mean to clarify that BioNTech was founded and is based in Germany, just as Google is an American company (not Russian-American) even though Sergey Brin was born in Moscow.
- egeozcan 6y agoSorry, I understood your intention, and you are completely right, mine was rather a rant that was just relevant.
- jason0597 6y agoAs a Greek, I can relate a lot to this! Maybe we're more similar than we like to pretend