Mehmet Turan oder noch ein Jahr, noch ein Jahr

Mehmet Turan oder noch ein Jahr, noch ein Jahr

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Mehmet Turan oder noch ein Jahr, noch ein Jahr

1977

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Overview

They leave their home country with the intention of working in Germany for a year or two, hoping that this time will be enough to bring them the prosperity they long for. Then they realize that the time was not enough and they set a new deadline. This is how most ‘guest workers’ begin to experience the rupture of a life whose planning overwhelms them. One of them: Mehmet Turan.

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