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65 years of the recruitment agreement with Turkey | tagesschau24 Top topic, 20.10.2026

No one spoke of an economic crisis 65 years ago. On the contrary: Germany was booming, desperately looking for workers. The German Government therefore concluded a recruitment agreement with Turkey. From the start in 1961 to the stop in 1973, about 870,000 Turkish workers came to Germany. They mainly took on jobs in mining, road construction and industry. 500,000 returned to their homes after the end. Anyone who built a life here had to overcome hurdles. All current information, further news and tagesschau24 in the livestream

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No one spoke of an economic crisis 65 years ago. On the contrary: Germany was booming, desperately looking for workers. The German Government therefore concluded a recruitment agreement with Turkey. From the start in 1961 to the stop in 1973, about 870,000 Turkish workers came to Germany. They mainly took on jobs in mining, road construction and industry. 500,000 returned to their homes after the end. Anyone who built a life here had to overcome hurdles. All current information, further news and tagesschau24 in the livestream

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