[Cold Heat]

The U.S. Armed forces have been hiring Turkish labor for years. We had some of their folks in Germany in 1971. LOL! They would really stink up the barracks with their cooking in their rooms.(memories)They also showered in a diaper looking garment.

[Cold Heat]

Sorry for the double! New format is giving me fits. (but I'll get used to it.

[Turk2]

They were the ones we sent to Germany that have unfortunately missed the industrial revolution due to the lack of basic facilities in rural regions during the 50's and 60's. They are unfortunately not a good representation of the ordinary man on the street in Turkey. Not that I find them inferior to us in any way. They had to endure a quantum leap in civilization whereas we've had a chance to absorb it over a longer period of time. Plus we didn't have to deal with the problem of being regarded as second-class humans by everybody else in town and were thus not forced into trying to preserve our identity by isolating ourselves from the social and technical development around us. Being a 'Gastarbeiter' in 'Deutchland uber alles' is not one of the best professions in the world.