Showing posts with label turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turkey. Show all posts

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Religious Tension Builds in Germany’s Relationship With Turkey

« Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves during a Turkish cultural event on February 27, in Duesseldorf, western Germany.
(Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images)
 
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked anger in Germany on February 27 as he suggested that Turks resist assimilation and learn Turkish, not German, as their first language.