‘Cliched’: Turkish-Germans react as president brings kebab on Istanbul trip
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Frank-Walter Steinmeier faces backlash on social media as Turkish diaspora argue move fails to treat them as equalsGermany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, raised hackles at home during a visit to Turkey this week by serving up kebabs at a reception in Istanbul, a gesture of cross-cultural exchange many in the diaspora said reduced their contributions to an offensive cliche.Steinmeier himself took a long, sharp blade to 60kg of meat on a skewer brought specially from Berlin, and included...
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