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Wüst's Ankara remarks on Turkish guest workers spark framing row

Original: Hendrik Wüst würdigt in Ankara die türkischen Gastarbeiter, NIUS macht daraus "Wüst lobt Türken und kritisiert Deutsche"

North Rhine-Westphalia's minister-president Hendrik Wüst honoured Turkish guest workers during a visit to Ankara, praising their contribution to postwar Germany's economy. The outlet NIUS reported this as Wüst praising Turks and criticising Germans. Commenters note both framings miss the mark: Turkish employees were around one percent of the workforce in the 1960s and about 2.2 percent by 1973, and the remarks are being pulled into Germany's polarised immigration debate.

Why now: German politicians' statements on migration are being heavily contested and reinterpreted in the media ahead of current immigration debates.

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• Hendrik Wüst würdigt in Ankara die türkischen Gastarbeiter, NIUS macht daraus "Wüst lobt Türken und kritisiert Deutsche". Beide liegen teils daneben. In den 60ern waren türkische Arbeitnehmer tatsächlich unter einem Prozent der Beschäftigten, 1973 rund 2,2 Prozent. Wüst… · faktenfackel · 3

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