By: David

“Die richtige Antwort auf die Unterstützung autoritärer Herkunftsregime durch manche Einwanderer ist es, sie für die deutsche Rechtsordnung und Demokratie zu gewinnen.” Based on what we see in the classic immigrant-receiving countries, this is false: One becomes a liberal democrat in Canada, the US, Australia,etc while as a member of diaspora X comes to support the most reactionary and nationalistic forces “back home”. See Mexican, Israeli, Irish, Sri Lankan, Indian, Kenyan, Salvadoran, Brazilian, Korean and endless other dual nationals. Whether this is psychological compensation for having “defected” or an indication of being out of touch, I don’t know. But I suspect that the quicker Turkish Germans leave Turkey behind, the sooner they will be successful and liberal Germans. It may be fine to have dual citizenship, but no representation without residence and real stakeholding!