Germany for Foreigners, hard land to survive

Dear Colleagues,

It is disclosed that a Neo-Nazi group was linked to ten murders in Germany, but the situation is more grave than that. Doner murders and undermining by security forces are the turning point in German-Turkish relations, to put it more bluntly.

The worst thing in Doner murders in Germany is that Turkish nationals did not react for the last ten years, so imagine the repression of the German environment. The latest news is "Doner Killings' Case: Police Find Gun Used in Unsolved Murder Series. Unsolved for the last ten years..."

Long-term ignorance and undermining by security forces are very unfortunate situations for Germany as a turning point in German-Turkish relations.

Germany is not a land of immigrants, just the opposite; it is the fatherland of Germans. So who is the father? Koenig Ludwig 1, Bismarck, and even the Fuhrer.

If you witness hostility toward foreigners in your daily life ever increasing in numbers, you do not feel comfortable living in Germany. Germans need more time to stay abroad so that they understand how to be a foreigner in a hostile environment.

German hostility toward foreigners will create isolation and indifference toward Germany herself. If German authorities do not take measures to educate their people, I am afraid that another era of  hatred is foreseen in the future.

In supermarkets, German sales people do not serve foreigners or simply ignore them. Once a German woman shouted at me in the Munich Olympiad village, "We don’t want you here, go home." I had no identification of who I am, but I am certainly no German. Most Germans hate foreigners, and they love themselves only. Turkish people born here have no other place to go, as Germany is also their own country.

German hostility toward foreigners is increasing. Last week in the U-bahn, I noticed a German punk shouting at two Turkish teenagers "Turks out” or “TurkenRaus!" Survival for foreigners is too difficult in Germany, so they support each other.

The new generation of Turkish children is not Turkish anymore, it is also not German, and it consists of lost people. Turkish workers in Germany are not integrated since German society pushes them back; Turks live in their own ghettos. However, young Turkish youth also respond in the same rude way, eye-to-eye.

The European Union works for the most economically powerful member country, which is Germany. That is why Germany supports the Euro Zone by all means. The Turkish economy should emancipate itself from dependence on the EU's export domination , which is the main reason for its ongoing current account deficiency.  For Germany, the country not only needs the Euro, it needs the Euro Zone’s weakest members to remain.

The top one percent of affluent decision-makers in Germany consists of highly-educated intellectuals with well-connected family heritage and no match in anywhere else in the world.

Turkish-German relations are to be based on mutual respect to national interests, not on any romantic rhetoric or the historical past. German cultural, economic, financial and technological supremacy over Turkey is to be eradicated, with respect to a fair share that is to be accepted. 


In international relations and historical friendships, hostilities are not important, national interests with respect to a fair share are important.

Turkey is to reduce its high dependence on the EU, particularly on German imports, and increase trade with other emerging markets in the long run. The German competitive advantage in technological products is being reduced due to an aging working population.

Religion is the major difference between local Germans and foreign Turks, rules, celebrations, common expectations, and lifestyle are all different.

Turkish small business entrepreneurs backed by family members are quite successful in the German service market. They are the target of right-wing German youth in ever-increasing harassment and abuse. It is an unbearable burden for Germans to live with Turkish neighbors due to cultural, educational, and lifestyle differences.

Mrs. Angela Merkel is a very important politician with no rival in either the CDU or the opposition; she could be in power for a long term. As Europe struggles, Mrs.Merkel’s party lauds German strength.

Local security authorities mobilized only after Mrs. Merkel pointed out the seriousness of Doner murders with no arrests in the last ten years. Mrs.Merkel is an intelligent politician and stateswoman, and her rule of Germany is an opportunity for foreign nationals in Germany. 


Public speeches of Mrs. Merkel are to be read, reviewed, and evaluated carefully at all times, as these public speeches are key to future German policies.

My surprise to notice last week that the Munich Glyptothek Archeology Museum is full of marble head statues, no wonder we have so many antique marble statues without heads in Turkey.

Turkish guest workers turned into German nationals in the later generations under German cultural influence, with no Turkish background. Turkish guest workers with no formal education could not upgrade their cultural status for years so closed themselves into their ghettos. Turkish guest workers with no formal education unfortunately lowered the profile of Turkish status in Germany.

Foreigners face German hate and hostility in public transportation, in restaurants, in supermarkets, in communication with public employees.

The average age of the German population is around 46 as of today (2011), the working age is too old, and the population is unable to support the elderly with proper pensions. Whereas the average age of the Turkish population in Turkey is around 28 now, that means Turkey has a better future compared to Germany.

On the other hand, it is social tragedy to see elderly Germans with no family support checking garbage in the city center to earn some money from bottle deposits.

Elderly Germans are critical of all; they hate foreigners at all times, foreign abuse is common, bashing is usual. Elderly Germans are not so comfortable in old age, as there is too small a workforce to serve them. The German social security system is almost blocked; the elderly are in a miserable condition, and it is too sad to witness.

In German public transportation, foreigners are to be careful not to disclose their national identity, as right-wing abuse is imminent. Today, Germany is a very difficult environment for foreigners. Living in a foreign country is difficult for sure, but can be solved in the long term; in Germany it is difficult in the long term. Today, Germany still invites skilled workers from Greece. Greeks should think twice prior to accepting an invitation. German harassment is frequent.

German Greens are the only political party not hostile to foreigners in Germany. Foreign bashing in Germany is becoming a dangerously common practice in daily life; foreign appearance in public transportation is fatal. Sending uneducated Turkish peasants to Germany was and still is a cultural mistake.

It is my sincere feeling that German language can be learned only in kindergarten, and cannot be learned at a middle age. It is also my frank feeling that Germans are the worst learners of foreign languages, and it is impossible to learn their language; similarly with stiff national accent, they  have difficulty to speak foreign languages properly. 

All in all, the German environment is a hard land, too difficult for foreigners to survive.

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Haluk Direskeneli, Munich, Germany