Case Mesut Özil: Migration researcher sees "an excellent example of today's torn German Turks"

"You have done a hard work. active integration and still get the receipt: "No, you're not in it's not part of it. "1965-1916, fewer migrants identify with the two countries

Özil wrote in his resignation Sunday:" I feel involuntary and I think that what I have accomplished since my international debut in 2009 is forgotten. "

Since 2010, the number of Turkish immigrants who feel more related to Turkey than to Germany is rising," reported Uslucan. "This is also due to a very exclusive debate. , triggered inter alia by the controversial book "Germany abolished" by Thilo Sarrazin

In the last representative survey, 61% say they are very attached to Turkey, 38% said that about Germany Since 2010, there has also been a decrease in the number of those who identify – with multiple possible responses – with both countries, and around 48% of those surveyed said yes in 2017 – compared with around 65 % in 2010.

There is still a high level of attachment to Turkey for the next generation, Uslucan attributes this to, among other things, debates on Turkey in Germany, the plea of ​​the Turkish government and the experiences of discrimination

Güler: The wound of Ö zil is modeled by many German Turks

This so-called hybrid identity should not be scandalized be recommended Uslucan. That two hearts still resonate in the breasts of many German Turks is "not a sign of disintegration," but humanly intelligible and politically conditioned. To the extent that the analyzes based on the motto "What have we done wrong?" Should not be exaggerated now, warns the scientist.

Sometimes the feeling of belonging is only a utopia or a desire, according to the study. Disturbance of identification with Germany, but in any case social exclusion and lack of prospects

The insult that Özil pushed to his spectacular billing, is deeply shaped by many German Turks, Secretary of State NRW Serap Güler (CDU) reported on comments from the Turkish community. Many felt confirmed in their role of victim: "As long as you are good, you will be accepted, as soon as you make a mistake, you will be struck off." Özil was complaining of being "German if we win, but immigrant, if we lose"

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The debate is dangerous because it plays racists in both countries Güler warned. "The nationalists on the Turkish side will say now: You see, you can do what you want, you will never be accepted."

Joachim Stamp (FDP) wants Özil and Ilkay Gündogan, who was also heavily involved in photos joint with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, be attacked after the summer holidays for a common conversation about values ​​and invite about their role as a model. He wanted to hold the two best football players "from the Ruhr area" but no sermon on the curtains. "In an open society, we must endure the controversy more calmly," said Stamp.

Unlike Özil Gundogan had already a few days after the publication of the controversial photo to speak and said that he confesses to the German national team, but also carry a Turkish side in itself.