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...Ironically, Hilmi Kaya Turan, a leading member of Germany's Turkish community, has fond memories of trips to the G.D.R. Turkish guest workers from West Berlin found that a handful of hard cash ensured they were treated like kings by the Ossis. These days Turan counsels the long-term unemployed. Among the 200,000 Berliners of Turkish origin - many live in districts along the old course of the Wall - joblessness, which averages 14% across the city, hovers around 50%. There's yet another irony there. "Turks came here to work," says Turan. "We were Gastarbeiter - guest workers. And there...
...calls of jihadism. But there is a strain of disappointment and resentment in Germany 20 years after the hated Wall came down which makes one uneasy about the future. In Oranienstrasse a convoy of cars drives past, horns blaring, Turkish flags fluttering from aerials. "It's a wedding," says Turan, "A celebration. We celebrated like this, we applauded as the Wall fell. But now we say 'The Wall fell...
...their upcoming semifinal game against Germany on Wednesday, the Turks have a numbers problem. Emre Aşık, Arda Turan and Tuncay Şanli are suspended. Its two other Emres, Belozoglu and Göngör, are injured and hero striker Nihat Kahveci, who shattered the Czechs earlier with an injury-time goal, is already home with a thigh problem. There were 14 players available at a recent training session. No problem, says Rustu. "Turkey's never-give-up attitude shouldn't be forgotten." Maybe Germany should just let Turkey score first. It just might get them...
...What no one expected was that Turkey would deliver the biggest emotional wallops in the first round. First, the Turks punctured the hopes of co-host Switzerland with Arda Turan's injury time dagger during a cloudburst in Basel. Then, in an epic 15 minutes against the Czech Republic, Turkey mounted a comeback that will talked about from Akhiser to Van for as long as a football is being kicked there. Three goals, including another injury-time stunner, this one from the brilliant Nihat Kahveci, absolutely gutted the Czechs. Turkey's suburb central midfielder Tuncay Sanli did it all that...
...other pub team and hoping for the best. The best turned out to be Turkey - Semih Sentürk to be more precise, who slipped between defenders to head a long cross from Nihat Kahveci into the net in the fifty-seventh minute. In injury time, Turkey's Arda Turan collected a terrific pass from Tuncay Sanli, cut inside, let loose a shot that deflected off a defender's foot and sank into the net, along with the entire Swiss nation. "It's a very, very big disappointment. The whole country is probably as disappointed as the team," said Swiss...