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World● LowOct 30 · Oct 30, 2026, 8:38 AM

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

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from DW News [en] · Western Europe

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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