DW English·2026-10-30 16:38· 3 d agoFeaturedRecommendation87.60

Many Turkish 'guest workers' hit by poverty in old age

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West Germany and Turkey signed an agreement allowing the temporary recruitment of workers on October 30, 1961. Sixty-five years on, many so-called 'guest workers' can't live from their pensions.

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