The growinginfluxofimmigrants to Germanyover the years, particularlyTurks, means 18% of Germans have at leastoneparentwhowasborn elsewhere, according to the FederalBureau of Statistics.
There are strong indications that words alone will not be enough to transform years of deep suspicion many Turks feel towards the United States, particularly after the long, widely unpopular war in neighboring Iraq.