>That's the typical gastarbeiter story - they (um, we) all plan to return home once, preferably in a Mercedes or a beemer, build a house, and be everyone's envy. Most never come back, once their kids get married to indigenous population and their grandchildren don't speak their language.


LOL. This's an old fashioned thing. Old turk films ridicules turk workers in Germany. When I was a child there is only one Renault 12 (I'm sure you know that car) in our street. When a turk came from Germany we run for look their Mercedes/Opel or Ford Granada's... :))

Today buy a car more easy in Turkey but not as Germany. My brother who lives in Germany recently bought a used Chrysler PT Cruiser, he bought that car with extra four snow tyres only just for 5.000€, 150€ monthly payment. That's incredible. you can buy that car maybe 30-40.000€ in Turkey. In Turkey only richman children buy that car.

I can't imagine if one day all turk families has one or two cars like west people. I calculated in my small street there are 500 cars must be. Our street can just get for park 20-25 cars... :-S