[wildbill]

i’m old enough to remember back about 30 years ago when immigration of Muslims—principally Turks at the time—was a new and hot issue in Germany.

The mantra at the time was that an influx of foreign workers wouldn’t be a problem and ‘they will do jobs that Germans won’t do.”

Does any of this sound familiar? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

[Nowhere Man]

i’m old enough to remember back about 30 years ago when immigration of Muslims—principally Turks at the time—was a new and hot issue in Germany.

Yeah, I took German in high school for 4 years. One of the things we had to do was read the German newsmagazine, Bünte, where a lot of their articles dealt with the "Turkish Problem." I studied German from 1981 to 1985, I graduated in 1985 from high school so I remember the controversy this brought up in the early 1980's.

The mantra at the time was that an influx of foreign workers wouldn’t be a problem and ‘they will do jobs that Germans won’t do.”

Yeah, it is the same with the illegal alien problem here.

Does any of this sound familiar? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

See above but you're right.

[Nowhere Man]

Got work early tomorrow but here is a few quick links to stories from that time on the Turkish Problem:

West German Police Battle Rioting Turkish Immigrants - Lakeland Florida Ledger, April 11, 1981

Recession Hit German Wrestles with problem of Turkish "Guests" - Montréal Gazette, October 20th, 1983

Islam Social Turbulence Lies Behind Pope's Shooting, The Bulletin, Bend Oregon, May 22nd, 1981

The last one also talks about the rise of radical Islam