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The Brothers that Brought D

Frankfurt – Among the more than 200 döner producers operating in Germany, there is one brand that everyone accepts as a leader in the market: Karmez. The Tütüncübaşı siblings: Müfit, Mustafa, Özer, Önder, Ömer, Enfil, Muzaffer and Şima started their business lives by selling meat to Turkish markets in 1982. Within 20 years, they had become the major producers of prepared döner in Europe.

October 15, 2007
Published in Euro Turks

The Unrequited Love of a European Turk: Politics

Of the 54 Turks living in Europe that ran for office in the recent parliamentary elections, only four made it into the legislature.

October 15, 2007
Published in Euro Turks

Heavy Snorers Are In His Hands

Cologne, Germany- One hundred twenty-five students graduated from Istanbul University's Çapa Medical School in 1977. Of those 125, 17 graduates went to Germany and 12 eventually returned to Turkey. In the years when Turkey's right-left political divide began to grow stronger and more dangerous, Fahri Yıldız decided to stay in Germany following the unfortunate death of a friend in that conflict.

October 15, 2007
Published in Euro Turks

The Man Who Couldn't Buy Farm Equipment

He was a farmer working in Aksaray in the early 1970s, dreaming of the proper farming equipment he needed to better harvest his fields. He gave the money he had saved to his son Ahmet Aktaş, who was setting off for Europe in order to buy a threshing machine for his father's farm. Having just finished his military service and with his father's money in his pocket, Aktaş arrived in Europe.