Firstly, the social implications, these include the fact that Turks are perceived as the 'most foreign' group in Germany and are regularly discriminated against. As a result, the negative term ‘foreigner’ was mainly reserved for the Turkish population. This was in part because Turkish culture and religion was perceived as completely alien. Also, almost 40% of the Turkish population within Germany still believe that they are Turkish and have yet to integrate properly within their society. Whereas only 18% believed that they were truly German. However there are some positive social implications from the migration, such as the fact that the Turkish communities are increasing in confidence and are investing in the future. Also, the inward migration has brought culture variety and multiculturalism into Germany.
Secondly, the political implications, these include negative impacts, such as the fact that the German government would need to create new policies in order to resolve integration problems (e.g. Group-related discrimination in areas such as job-seeking or flat-hunting) and unite different ethnic groups. However there have also been positive political impacts. For example the story of Ismail Tipi, who migrated to Germany in 1973 when he was just 13years old, but is now a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a representative in the Hesse state parliament. As well as , German-born second generation Turk, who then became the leader of the German Green Party.
Finally, the economic implications, which is largely positive and include; increases in wealth in Germany, keeping prices and taxes stable, as well as maintaining full employment. All of this is due to the large number of unskilled workers who migrated to Germany, from Turkey, so that the country was able to rebuild itself and begin to return to normal economic state; and is now one of few countries to be in the fifth stage of the DTM (showing progression). However there are also some negative economic effects, such as the need for the government to put more money into services, like schools and hospitals, in order to meet the new demand.
In conclusion, I believe that the positive effects of the labour migration took place in the first few years, however as time went on, the German population began to witness negative impacts of the Turkish labour migration, mainly the lack of integration. This is largely due to the fact that the government believed that it was only short term migration (guest workers) and therefore were not prepared for the consequences. The possible solutions that could be put on place are; more integration policies in order to reduce the tension between the Turks and the Germans.
