German Culture: Ahmet Ertas

Ahmet Ertas: BERLIN - Turkish or German? For millions of immigrants' sons and daughters who grew up speaking German, immersed in German culture, yet feeling the emotional pull to ancestral roots, it's been a tough choice. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The rule has been most onerous to the more than 3 million-strong Turkish community which sprang up in the postwar boom years when Germany was hungry for labour because of many immigrants' reluctance to weaken ties with their parents' homeland. In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, Turkish born Ahmet Ertas, center, talks to his son Okan, left, and an employee in his Burger Shop in Berlin, Germany. Ahmet Ertas currently has only the German citizenship while his son Okan has a dual citizenship. 18-year-old Okan will benefit from a symbolically important move by Chancellor Angela Merkels new coalition to liberalize Germanys citizenship law. It will end a requirement for German-born children of immigrant parents to choose just one nationality between ages 18 and 23. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber Germany as a rule doesn't allow immigrants who receive German citizenship to keep their old passports, except for EU and Swiss nationals or citizens of countries like Iran that don't allow people to surrender their nationality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.