Turkey 0, Germany 3

Last night Turkey and Germany faced off in Soccer.. the game was held in Berlin.. and there were more Turkish fans, than German. This game was particularly interesting because of all the social/economic tension that is between these two cultures. Germany has a huge Turkish population. However there are still several problems with this. Germanys government provides money for those in Germany who don't work.. enough money to get them by in life. But a lot of the Turkish people coming into Germany are relying on that money and don't work; thus creating some friction. Also, to live in Germany now you must know or learn the language. This is another problem.. most Turkish people don't know German. Any way.. I find the whole thing really fascinating.
One of the major cultural differences is that the Turkish culture is based around male dominance within a family (traditionally..) The men in the family are everything.. the women are subject to them and if they disgrace the family then.. well the men in the family might even kill her. The women are expected to wear the head scarf.. not go out.. be a housewife.. etc. They are also married at a very young age and most of the time it is an arranged marriage.
There is a recent book that came out written by a women named Nourig Apfeld. The book is called Ich bin Zeugin: des Ehrenmords an meiner Schwester.   
Unfortunately they don thave this book translated.. but it sounds really interesting. The author is Syrian, but grew up in a Turkish family. She was the oldest daughter and very obedient. Her family was very traditional. Her younger sister was more rebellious, she went out, didnt wear the head scarf.. and she eventually ended up pregnant and had a few kids. This caused a huge disgrace on her father. One day the older sister was called into the living room where she found most of her family (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc) crowded together.. beacuse the men had strangled her younger sister to death. It took a long time.. but the older sister eventually had enough of the family and left.. she went to school and finally wrote a book about her past..