65 years of recruitment agreement: Adventure Almanya - When the first Turks arrived
It's an agreement that has changed Germany like no other: 65 years ago, the German-Turkish recruitment agreement was signed. No one could have imagined what would develop from it at the beginning.
On October 30, 1961, the German-Turkish recruitment agreement was signed under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, which would change Germany significantly. The agreement brought around 1 million Turkish workers to Germany between 1961 and 1973, who were initially seen as "guest workers" by the German government. Many of these workers brought few belongings with them, including items such as a blue drinking flask and cassette tapes with "hörbriefe" (audio letters) from family members.
Today, some of these items are on display at the DOMiD museum in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district, highlighting the history of migration in Germany.
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