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As 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
by egeozcan 6y ago
As 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