Tag: Turkey
Ramadan in times of Covid-19 in Germany: new social initiatives, old...
Like Christian Easter and Jewish Passover celebrations a few weeks ago, in Germany the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is taking place this year...
Germany grapples with return of pro-Kurdish fighters from Syria
Much public concern and political squabbling in Europe has focused on returnees from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. Above all, anxieties have been...
Upcoming Turkish elections reverberate in Germany
Turkey will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24 – roughly one and a half years ahead of schedule. Turkish citizens living abroad...
Trying to become German: A new book chronicles a man’s lost...
Germany is, as is well known, home to a large community with Turkish roots, numbering roughly 3 million. Many of them have lived in...