Almancı

Turkish Turks in Germany Etymology From tr Alman German -ci -cı. From Google Books analysis, the sense "emigrant to Germany" dates from the 1970s. Pronunciation tr [ɑɫ.mɑn.ˈd͡ʒɯ] Proper noun thumb a German sympathizer tr often _ pejorative someone with a Turkish origin who lives and works in Germany, particularly with a working-class background. Declension ı 1 1 Usage notes This term is sometimes used for working-class emigrants from elsewhere in Europe, such as Holland, France, etc. Almancı tend to be despised and envied at the same time, and the term's contextual uses reflect this. They can be despised by poor people for "showing off their money", by upper-class people for "poor manners", by secularists for voting AKP, by Turkish nationalism nationalists for poorly transmitting the Turkish language to their children, yet their material security is increasingly envied in the face of an Turkish economic crisis (2018–current) economic crisis in Turkey. A sample of these views is on the linked Ekşi Sözlük page. Synonyms Turkish emigrant tr gurbetçi See also Gastarbeiter External links Almancılar on Ekşi Sözlük. tr People