Germany fears return of Turkish-Kurdish violence on its soil




 
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Germany fears return of Turkish-Kurdish violence on its soil
 
April 13th, 2016  
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Germany fears return of Turkish-Kurdish violence on its soil
By Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - As Germany scrambles to contain a diplomatic row with Turkey over a comedian's mocking of President Tayyip Erdogan, officials are growing worried about another byproduct of their Faustian migrant pact with Ankara: an upsurge in violence between nationalist Turks and militant Kurds on German soil. Germany is home to about 3 million people of Turkish origin. Roughly one in four are ethnic Kurds who came to Germany to work in the 1960s and 70s, or as refugees fleeing violence in the 1980s and 90s.




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