What is Turks in Germany?
The '''Turks in Germany''' are [[Germany|the country's]] largest ethnic minority. Immigrants came from different parts of [[Turkey]], but especially from [[Anatolia]], when Germany invited them to work as [[guest worker]]s between 1961-73 due to labour shortages. Some of them were of [[Romanlar]] Background. The Turks in Germany are mostly religious and hold old Turkish traditions such as the [[Sünnet]]-[[Ceremony]] in great respect.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.qantara.de/content/ruling-on-circumcision-in-germany-when-judges-become-religious-referees | title=Ruling on Circumcision in Germany: When Judges Become Religious Referees - Qantara.de }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/survey-turks-in-germany-willing-to-integrate-but-more-religious-a-850607.html | title=Survey: Turks in Germany Willing to Integrate but More Religious | newspaper=Der Spiegel | date=17 August 2012 }}</ref> Turks in Europe, especially in Germany, suffer from strong [[Anti-Turkish sentiment]]. One of the most heinous anti-Turkish crimes in Germany was the murder of a Turkish family in Solingen in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-14-mn-56738-story.html | title=4 Guilty in Fatal Arson Attack on Turks in Germany | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=14 October 1995 }}</ref> Attacks on Turkish institutions, Mosques, Turkish markets and Turkish people are increasing, and some have been fatal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/rising-islamophobia-turkophobia-in-west-worry-turks-in-europehttps://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/rising-islamophobia-turkophobia-in-west-worry-turks-in-europe |title=Archived copy |access-date=2023-01-21 |archive-date=2023-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121145905/https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/rising-islamophobia-turkophobia-in-west-worry-turks-in-europehttps://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/rising-islamophobia-turkophobia-in-west-worry-turks-in-europe |url-status=dead }}</ref>