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Aging Turkish immigrants pose new tests for Germany
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International Herald Tribune
03-26-2007
The last cups of Turkish black tea had been drained, the platters of olives and goat cheese cleared, but the snowy-haired Turks lingered at the table.''Of course I always think about going back,'' said Yusuf Mermer, 69, who left Ankara in 1969 for the Ruhr, where he operated a forklift. He now lives in a nursing home here. ''I have nieces and nephews in Turkey, but I would just be a burden on them.''His voice cracked and tears tri...
