总理弗里德里希·默茨周二赞扬了土耳其裔社区对德国的贡献，指出他们在1960年代帮助建设了该国的工业基础，并持续丰富着德国的经济、科技和文化。
Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday praised the Turkish community's contributions to Germany, helping build the country’s industrial base in the 1960s and continuing to enrich its economy, technology and culture.
“土耳其客籍工人帮助建设了我国的工业基础，”默茨在谈到1961年10月30日签署劳务招募协议后不久抵达德国的这批人时说。“他们帮助奠定了我们国家的基石。他们创造了我们今天赖以生活的繁荣的基础设施。”他在柏林举行的一场纪念仪式上发表讲话，纪念与土耳其签署该协议65周年。该协议在战后经济繁荣时期将数十万土耳其工人带到了西德。大多数人原本计划工作几年后返回祖国，但约有一半人留了下来，接来家人，逐渐融入德国社会。
“Turkish guest workers helped build the industrial foundation of our country,” Merz said of those who arrived soon after the October 30, 1961, labor recruitment agreement. “They helped build the foundations of our nation. They created the infrastructure of the prosperity in which we live today.”He spoke at a ceremony in Berlin marking the 65th anniversary of the agreement with Türkiye, which brought hundreds of thousands of Turkish workers to West Germany during the postwar economic boom. Most had planned to return home after a few years, but roughly half stayed, brought their families and gradually became part of German society.
默茨表示，他们的子孙后代此后创造了许多高调的成功案例。他点名提到了德裔土耳其足球运动员伊尔凯·京多安、电影导演法提赫·阿金，以及BioNTech创始人乌乌尔·沙欣和厄兹莱姆·图雷吉，后两人在肿瘤学和免疫学领域的工作引起了国际关注。他还提到了作家阿拉斯·厄伦和德尼兹·乌特鲁。
Their children and grandchildren have since produced high-profile success stories, said Merz. Among those, he named German-Turkish footballer Ilkay Gundogan, film director Fatih Akin and BioNTech founders Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, whose work in oncology and immunology has drawn international attention. He also cited authors Aras Oren and Deniz Utlu.
“这些只是广为人知的人物——特别引人注目的成功故事，”他说。“但还有成千上万的其他人。他们遍布每一个联邦州，存在于我们社会的各个领域，跨越所有政党，在工会和雇主协会中都能找到他们的身影。”默茨将融合描述为任何现代多元社会面临的持续任务，这需要在职场、学校和体育俱乐部中付出共同努力。他说，来到德国的人应当尊重其民主规则。作为回报，他们应当能够期待平等的机会和归属感，无论其移民背景如何。
“These are just the widely known figures -- the particularly spectacular success stories,” he said. “Yet there are thousands of others. They can be found in every federal state, in every sector of our society, across all political parties, within labor unions, and in employers’ associations.”The chancellor described integration as an ongoing task for any modern pluralistic society, one that requires mutual effort in workplaces, schools and sports clubs. He said people who come to Germany should respect its democratic rules. In return, they should be able to expect equal opportunity and a sense of belonging regardless of their migration background.
梅尔茨承认，第一代、第二代甚至第三代移民中许多人都经历过尽管付出努力却仍被视为局外人的待遇。他指出，种族主义暴力贯穿了这65年的历史，包括1990年代发生在梅伦和索林根的袭击案件——新纳粹恐怖组织“国家社会主义地下组织”（NSU）多年来实施的谋杀案，其中8名土耳其裔受害者——以及2020年哈瑙袭击案。
Merz acknowledged that many in the first, second and even third generations have experienced being treated as strangers despite their efforts. He pointed to racist violence that marked the 65-year history, including the 1990s attacks in Moelln and Solingen -- murders carried out over years by the neo-Nazi terror group NSU in which eight people of Turkish origin were among the victims -- and the 2020 attack in Hanau.
“对外来者的恐惧是每个自由社会的毒药，”梅尔茨警告说。他表示，这种恐惧似乎正在增加，并再次被意识形态化、被利用。针对反移民政党“德国另类选择党”（AfD）政客使用的“再移民”一词，总理称其代表着“针对我们在过去65年里共同建设的现代德国的攻击”。出席仪式的有第一代土耳其客籍工人的代表，以及他们的子女和孙辈。
“Fear of the foreign is poison for every free society,” Merz warned. He said those fears appear to be increasing and are once again being ideologically charged and exploited. On the term “Remigration,” which is used by politicians of the anti-immigrant AfD, the chancellor said it represents “an attack on the modern Germany that we have built together over the past 65 years.”The ceremony was attended by representatives of the first generation of Turkish guest workers as well as their children and grandchildren The agreement brought 867,000 Turkish guest workers to West Germany by the time recruitment ended in 1973; about 500,000 later returned to Türkiye.
该协议在1973年招募结束前，共将86.7万名土耳其客籍工人带往西德；约50万人后来返回了土耳其。此后，许多人通过家庭团聚后来到德国。
Many others arrived afterward through family reunification.
如今，德国拥有约300万土耳其裔社群，主要源自那些早期抵达者。
Germany is now home to a Turkish community of roughly 3 million, largely descended from those early arrivals.