German parties fret about Turkish voters as Erdogan makes mark BERLIN (Reuters) - Nihan Sen s grandmother came to Germany in the 1960s but still speaks no German. By contrast, Nihan herself is a star of German youth culture, with 783,000 followers for her YouTube channel. Yet she acknowledges:  I really do like a bit of Turkish television.   She is not alone. Turkish broadcasters have an 84 percent market share among Germany s three million people of Turkish background, and 40 percent of them watch no German television at all, according to market researcher Data4U.  As a captive audience of television broadcast from Ankara, Germany s Turkish citizens are caught in a tug-of-war for their loyalty ahead of a German national election on Sept. 24.  Turkey s president, Tayyip Erdogan, has called on German voters of Turkish background to reject Germany s mainstream political parties, saying they are  unfriendly to Turkey .  The parties worry that Erdogan has more access to Turkish-speaking German voters than they do.  Green Party co-leader Cem Ozdemir, the most prominent German politician of Turkish descent, has called for Germany s public media to start broadcasting a Turkish channel for the benefit of Turks, both in Germany and in Turkey.   We need a German-Turkish broadcaster,  he told the Rheinische Post newspaper in March.  For years we ve neglected to help people from Turkey find a new political homeland, also politically, and now we re seeing the fruits of that.   Traditionally, Turks in Germany have voted mainly for the Social Democrats or the Greens, the main center-left parties, which are known for being friendly to immigrants. But Erdogan has repeatedly urged them instead to reject both those parties, as well as Merkel s ruling conservatives.  "The majority, because they only watch Turkish TV, are informed very one-sidedly," said Joachim Schulte, head of Data 4U, which specializes in polling Germany's Turks. Schulte believes Erdogan's call could sway 300,000 votes -- a quarter of the Germans of Turkish descent who are eligible to vote.  For now, voters of Turkish descent who turn away from the Social Democrats and Greens have few other choices. Schulte said those who become disaffected are more likely to stay home than back rival parties. But that could still affect the outcome in an election that is likely to be hard fought for every vote.  A change in Germany s citizenship law in 2000 means the number of ethnic Turks with the right to vote has nearly doubled over the past decade, increasing their importance as a bloc. Polls show most Turks in Germany backed Erdogan when voting as expatriates in Turkish elections.  For Erdogan, having influence over voters in Germany provides a chance to settle scores with German politicians he sees as enemies, while burnishing his credentials at home as a defender of Turks everywhere.  Germany s mainstream parties have been outspoken critics of Turkey s crackdown since a failed coup last year, in which thousands of Turks have been jailed, including around a dozen who hold German citizenship. Turkey also demands that Germany hand over asylum seekers it accuses of involvement in the coup.  For the Social Democrats and Greens, losing the Turkish vote poses a real risk: even a small swing could weaken them in potential talks with the conservatives about setting up a government after the vote.  In recent weeks, a new party, the Alliance of German Democrats, led by ethnic Turks, has campaigned with a poster of Erdogan.  Friends of Turkey,  it reads.  Stand with them!   So far the new party is polling below one percent nationally and fielding candidates only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the big Western state home to more than a fifth of Germany s population.  The national prospects for a minority ethnic party may be limited in a country with a 5 percent threshold to win seats, but a party appealing directly to Turks could undermine the bigger parties.   Our poster was a quote from Erdogan: he was criticizing German politics and saying we should vote for parties that are our friends,  said party spokesman Ertan Toker.  Unlike the other German parties that are always negative about Erdogan, we are not. We saw this as him encouraging us to vote.   Among the causes the new party has taken up: making it easier for ethnic Turks in Germany, most of whom still don t have the right to vote, to gain it. That struck a chord for Rascha, a 17-year-old Turkish girl in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia.   I was born here and I still don t have a German passport,  she said.  The process for getting one is long and bureaucratic. There s a new party that wants to give all permanent residents voting rights.   Turkish community leaders from the big political parties say Erdogan s interventions into German politics are undoing decades of work on promoting integration.   The political climate is poisoned by this,  said Cansel Kiziltepe, Social Democrat parliamentary candidate in Berlin s multi-ethnic Kreuzberg district, where the Social Democrats, Greens and conservatives are all fielding candidates with Turkish roots.  President Erdogan has torn down what we have built up over decades.    We get threats, e-mails as ethnic Turkish lawmakers saying we aren t sufficiently loyal as  Turks ,  Kiziltepe said.  But I am a German politician and I do politics for Germany and for all people who live here.   Timur Husein of Merkel s Christian Democratic Union was categorical about his loyalties:  I am German, only German,  said the son of a Turkish father and a Croatian mother.  For YouTube personality Nihan, who confessed her passion for Turkish TV during an interview with Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz, the worry was that some Turks would end up alienated from wider German society.   What can we do to stop parallel societies from emerging?  she asked Schulz.  Schulz was reassuring. "It's not bad, or even hard, to have two identities. Why should you deny your roots?"  worldnews
german parties fret turkish voters erdogan makes mark berlin reuters than sen grandmother came germany still speaks german by contrast than star german youth culture followers youtube channel yet acknowledges i really like bit turkish television she alone turkish broadcasters percent market share among germany three million people turkish background percent watch german television according market researcher as captive audience television broadcast kara germany turkish citizens caught loyalty ahead german national election turkey president tayyip erdogan called german voters turkish background reject germany mainstream political parties saying unfriendly turkey the parties worry erdogan access german voters green party cem ozdemir prominent german politician turkish descent called germany public media start broadcasting turkish channel benefit turns germany turkey we need broadcaster told rheinische post newspaper march for years neglected help people turkey find new political homeland also politically seeing fruits traditionally turns germany voted mainly social democrats greens main parties known friendly immigrants but erdogan repeatedly urged instead reject parties well merkel ruling conservatives the majority watch turkish tv informed said joachim chute head data specializes polling germany turns chute believes erdogan call could sway votes quarter germany turkish descent eligible vote for voters turkish descent turn away social democrats greens choices chute said become disaffected likely stay home back rival parties but could still affect outcome election likely hard fought every vote a change germany citizenship law means number ethnic turns right vote nearly doubled past decade increasing importance bloc polls show turns germany backed erdogan voting expatriates turkish elections for erdogan influence voters germany provides chance settle scores german politicians sees enemies furnishing credentials home defender turns everywhere germany mainstream parties outspoken critics turkey crackdown since failed coup last year thousands turns jailed including around dozen hold german citizenship turkey also demands germany hand asylum seekers accuses involvement coup for social democrats greens losing turkish vote poses real risk even small swing could weaken potential talks conservatives setting government vote in recent weeks new party alliance german democrats led ethnic turns campaigned poster erdogan friends turkey reads stand so far new party polling one percent nationally fielding candidates north big western state home fifth germany population the national prospects minority ethnic party may limited country percent threshold win seats party appealing directly turns could undermine bigger parties our poster quote erdogan criticizing german politics saying vote parties friends said party spokesman erban tower unlike german parties always negative erdogan we saw encouraging us vote among causes new party taken making easier ethnic turns germany still right vote gain that struck chord ranch turkish girl augsburg north i born i still german passport said the process getting one long bureaucratic there new party wants give permanent residents voting rights turkish community leaders big political parties say erdogan interventions german politics undoing decades work promoting integration the political climate poisoned said cancel kiziltepe social democrat parliamentary candidate berlin kreuzberg district social democrats greens conservatives fielding candidates turkish roots president erdogan torn built decades we get threats ethnic turkish lawmakers saying sufficiently loyal turns kiziltepe said but i german politician i politics germany people live timer justin merkel christian democratic union categorical loyalties i german german said son turkish father croatia mother for youtube personality than confessed passion turkish tv interview social democrat leader martin chul worry turns would end alienated wider german society what stop parallel societies emerging asked chul chul measuring it bad even hard two identities why deny roots worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: German parties fret about Turkish voters as Erdogan makes mark BERLIN (Reuters) - Nihan Sen s grandmother came to Germany in the 1960s but still speaks no German. By contrast, Nihan herself is a star of German youth culture, with 783,000 followers for her YouTube channel. Yet she acknowledges:  I really do like a bit of Turkish television.   She is not alone. Turkish broadcasters have an 84 percent market share among Germany s three million people of Turkish background, and 40 percent of them watch no German television at all, according to market researcher Data4U.  As a captive audience of television broadcast from Ankara, Germany s Turkish citizens are caught in a tug-of-war for their loyalty ahead of a German national election on Sept. 24.  Turkey s president, Tayyip Erdogan, has called on German voters of Turkish background to reject Germany s mainstream political parties, saying they are  unfriendly to Turkey .  The parties worry that Erdogan has more access to Turkish-speaking German voters than they do.  Green Party co-leader Cem Ozdemir, the most prominent German politician of Turkish descent, has called for Germany s public media to start broadcasting a Turkish channel for the benefit of Turks, both in Germany and in Turkey.   We need a German-Turkish broadcaster,  he told the Rheinische Post newspaper in March.  For years we ve neglected to help people from Turkey find a new political homeland, also politically, and now we re seeing the fruits of that.   Traditionally, Turks in Germany have voted mainly for the Social Democrats or the Greens, the main center-left parties, which are known for being friendly to immigrants. But Erdogan has repeatedly urged them instead to reject both those parties, as well as Merkel s ruling conservatives.  "The majority, because they only watch Turkish TV, are informed very one-sidedly," said Joachim Schulte, head of Data 4U, which specializes in polling Germany's Turks. Schulte believes Erdogan's call could sway 300,000 votes -- a quarter of the Germans of Turkish descent who are eligible to vote.  For now, voters of Turkish descent who turn away from the Social Democrats and Greens have few other choices. Schulte said those who become disaffected are more likely to stay home than back rival parties. But that could still affect the outcome in an election that is likely to be hard fought for every vote.  A change in Germany s citizenship law in 2000 means the number of ethnic Turks with the right to vote has nearly doubled over the past decade, increasing their importance as a bloc. Polls show most Turks in Germany backed Erdogan when voting as expatriates in Turkish elections.  For Erdogan, having influence over voters in Germany provides a chance to settle scores with German politicians he sees as enemies, while burnishing his credentials at home as a defender of Turks everywhere.  Germany s mainstream parties have been outspoken critics of Turkey s crackdown since a failed coup last year, in which thousands of Turks have been jailed, including around a dozen who hold German citizenship. Turkey also demands that Germany hand over asylum seekers it accuses of involvement in the coup.  For the Social Democrats and Greens, losing the Turkish vote poses a real risk: even a small swing could weaken them in potential talks with the conservatives about setting up a government after the vote.  In recent weeks, a new party, the Alliance of German Democrats, led by ethnic Turks, has campaigned with a poster of Erdogan.  Friends of Turkey,  it reads.  Stand with them!   So far the new party is polling below one percent nationally and fielding candidates only in North Rhine-Westphalia, the big Western state home to more than a fifth of Germany s population.  The national prospects for a minority ethnic party may be limited in a country with a 5 percent threshold to win seats, but a party appealing directly to Turks could undermine the bigger parties.   Our poster was a quote from Erdogan: he was criticizing German politics and saying we should vote for parties that are our friends,  said party spokesman Ertan Toker.  Unlike the other German parties that are always negative about Erdogan, we are not. We saw this as him encouraging us to vote.   Among the causes the new party has taken up: making it easier for ethnic Turks in Germany, most of whom still don t have the right to vote, to gain it. That struck a chord for Rascha, a 17-year-old Turkish girl in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia.   I was born here and I still don t have a German passport,  she said.  The process for getting one is long and bureaucratic. There s a new party that wants to give all permanent residents voting rights.   Turkish community leaders from the big political parties say Erdogan s interventions into German politics are undoing decades of work on promoting integration.   The political climate is poisoned by this,  said Cansel Kiziltepe, Social Democrat parliamentary candidate in Berlin s multi-ethnic Kreuzberg district, where the Social Democrats, Greens and conservatives are all fielding candidates with Turkish roots.  President Erdogan has torn down what we have built up over decades.    We get threats, e-mails as ethnic Turkish lawmakers saying we aren t sufficiently loyal as  Turks ,  Kiziltepe said.  But I am a German politician and I do politics for Germany and for all people who live here.   Timur Husein of Merkel s Christian Democratic Union was categorical about his loyalties:  I am German, only German,  said the son of a Turkish father and a Croatian mother.  For YouTube personality Nihan, who confessed her passion for Turkish TV during an interview with Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz, the worry was that some Turks would end up alienated from wider German society.   What can we do to stop parallel societies from emerging?  she asked Schulz.  Schulz was reassuring. "It's not bad, or even hard, to have two identities. Why should you deny your roots?"  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: german parties fret turkish voters erdogan makes mark berlin reuters than sen grandmother came germany still speaks german by contrast than star german youth culture followers youtube channel yet acknowledges i really like bit turkish television she alone turkish broadcasters percent market share among germany three million people turkish background percent watch german television according market researcher as captive audience television broadcast kara germany turkish citizens caught loyalty ahead german national election turkey president tayyip erdogan called german voters turkish background reject germany mainstream political parties saying unfriendly turkey the parties worry erdogan access german voters green party cem ozdemir prominent german politician turkish descent called germany public media start broadcasting turkish channel benefit turns germany turkey we need broadcaster told rheinische post newspaper march for years neglected help people turkey find new political homeland also politically seeing fruits traditionally turns germany voted mainly social democrats greens main parties known friendly immigrants but erdogan repeatedly urged instead reject parties well merkel ruling conservatives the majority watch turkish tv informed said joachim chute head data specializes polling germany turns chute believes erdogan call could sway votes quarter germany turkish descent eligible vote for voters turkish descent turn away social democrats greens choices chute said become disaffected likely stay home back rival parties but could still affect outcome election likely hard fought every vote a change germany citizenship law means number ethnic turns right vote nearly doubled past decade increasing importance bloc polls show turns germany backed erdogan voting expatriates turkish elections for erdogan influence voters germany provides chance settle scores german politicians sees enemies furnishing credentials home defender turns everywhere germany mainstream parties outspoken critics turkey crackdown since failed coup last year thousands turns jailed including around dozen hold german citizenship turkey also demands germany hand asylum seekers accuses involvement coup for social democrats greens losing turkish vote poses real risk even small swing could weaken potential talks conservatives setting government vote in recent weeks new party alliance german democrats led ethnic turns campaigned poster erdogan friends turkey reads stand so far new party polling one percent nationally fielding candidates north big western state home fifth germany population the national prospects minority ethnic party may limited country percent threshold win seats party appealing directly turns could undermine bigger parties our poster quote erdogan criticizing german politics saying vote parties friends said party spokesman erban tower unlike german parties always negative erdogan we saw encouraging us vote among causes new party taken making easier ethnic turns germany still right vote gain that struck chord ranch turkish girl augsburg north i born i still german passport said the process getting one long bureaucratic there new party wants give permanent residents voting rights turkish community leaders big political parties say erdogan interventions german politics undoing decades work promoting integration the political climate poisoned said cancel kiziltepe social democrat parliamentary candidate berlin kreuzberg district social democrats greens conservatives fielding candidates turkish roots president erdogan torn built decades we get threats ethnic turkish lawmakers saying sufficiently loyal turns kiziltepe said but i german politician i politics germany people live timer justin merkel christian democratic union categorical loyalties i german german said son turkish father croatia mother for youtube personality than confessed passion turkish tv interview social democrat leader martin chul worry turns would end alienated wider german society what stop parallel societies emerging asked chul chul measuring it bad even hard two identities why deny roots worldnews