There are 1.8 million Turks in Germany, 139,000 of them in Berlin alone, making them the largest group of foreign workers. The first workers were recruited to labor-short Germany after 1961 and were greeted enthusiastically. The migrants dreamed of earning money and retiring to a small business and a secure life back in Turkey. Many of their families joined them. In 1973 after the oil crisis, recruitment stopped, and many did go home. But a decrease in return migration, the continued flow of family members from Turkey and a high birth rate has kept the population of Turks in Germany high. Many Turks of the second and third generations born or raised in Germany have only limited exposure to Turkey. Turkey retains the status of a geographical origin myth, kept alive through a myth of final return, particularly among the first generation that came to Germany as adults. They plan for a retirement that will take them back to Turkey for good, but more and more older German Turks are retiring in Germany. They want to be close to their children and grandchildren, the second and third generations, who show little inclination to "return" to a place and a culture with which they are increasingly unfamiliar.

Integration is measured along a sliding scale of such behavior, with ideal-typical "traditional" Turkish behavior at one end and "modern" (read German) behavior at the other. The social work literature is designed to measure progress along this scale and to suggest remedies. A fly in the integration ointment is that German behavior will not guarantee integration, since Germanys is still based on blood, not behavior or even citizenship. A Turk raised in Germany, even a German citizen, fluent in the Bavarian dialect, will still have trouble renting an apartment because s/he is not German.

Under the communist regime in Germany little investment in technology was made. In many plants technology was so obsolete that East German manufacturers could not produce any goods. Then in 1990 Coca-Cola decided to pump a total of $450.0 million into new bottling plants in the then existing GDR (German Democratic Republic,) Coca Cola was among the forerunners of American investors in Germany newly opened east. At an investment level of DM 1,000 million and with 2,400 employees the company belong to the top U.S. investors in Germany.

The Year 2000 Problem in Information Technology: An Overview of German Preparations. Germany like all other industrial nations faces the year 2000 problem in Information Technology (Y2K problem.) It affects not only old software on large mainframes but also jobs using modern personal computers. It also involves many "embedded system," i.e. electronic control systems in appliances and equipment.

The German government continues to take Y2k problem very seriously. Basically it is both a technical problem and a comprehension management task. The Millennium Bug can cause considerable disruption to commerce and everyday life. The ability to resolve the problem rests with the providers of users of IT systems. The German government regards the problem –beyond its own direct field of responsibility as an across the board challenge and is there for endeavoring to help people help themselves in a variety of ways.

The religious bodies recognized s corporations in public law also work with the state authorities in overseeing religious introduction in public schools. Article 7 of the Basis Law stipulates that parents and guardians have the right to decide whether children receive religious education and that religious education "shall form part of the curriculum in state schools except non denominational schools" IN general practice, children under the age of 14 attend religion class according to their faith if their parents so desire. From the age of 14 on the student may decide for him or herself whether to pursue religious instruction. Brandenburg stands as an exception among Germany’s sixteen states in religious education. In 1996, Brandenbur g’s parliament approved legislation to introduce classes in "Life-Style, Ethical and Religious Studies"

A religious group does not need to be recognized as a public law corporation to worship or to carry out charitable activities in Germany. Individuals and groups are free to worship as they please and religious groups may seek tax-free status as non -profit (charitable) organizations. There are a number of such organizations in German (as a rule "registered associations"-), including Muslim groups, Quakers, Buddhists and Bahai. A group’s freedom of worship is not conditional upon official recognition as a Public Law Corporation or non-profit organization. By one recent estimate, Germany ‘s 82 million the Catholic or Evangelical Churches. Germany is also home of a sizable Muslim minority of nearly 1.7 million members. Some of Germany’s smaller religious communities are outposts of traditions well established elsewhere, for example Baptist Protestantism and Buddhism. Others are more esoteric or more akin therapeutic movement s than conventional church -based faiths. The activities of some religious groups occasionally become a source of concern to federal or state authorizes Article 1 of the Basic Law assigns the state the duty of protecting human dignity; if a religious movement. or sect exploits of endangers its member the state has a constitutionally mandated responsibility to make these actions or statement know n to the genteel public. Federal and state governments may issue warning that individuals general well being family relationships or association with such groups could jeopardize property. In addition with evidence that a group is activities are profit-oriented and do not serve the public good, the state may reject a group is application from tax-free status. Any group can appeal such a rejection in Germany's courts.