Germany and the Failure of Multiculturalism
Today, it’s said that there are around 4 million people living in Germany who have family roots in Turkey. Relations with Germans have been beset with problems. Hostile attacks on the large minority have been particularly worrisome. The same is true for the emergence of a parallel Turkish society. Both phenomena are inter-related.
On October this year, German chancellor Angela Merkel addressed to young members of Christian Democratic Union party that the multicultural approach has utterly failed. She said the so-called “multicultural” concept – where people would “live side-by-side” happily – did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate – including learning German. Her remarks stirred a debate about immigration in a country among Muslim population. I took this picture in December 2008, being invited by GTZ to take part in their photography project. There were around 10 photographers from different countries and I was invited from from Afghanistan. It was a great experience wandering in Berlin and looking the city through camera lens, open a new world to me. Here is the story in German. Also here on Spiegle.
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