German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected calls by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to set up Turkish schools in Germany. The proposal has also been criticized by politicians and Turkish groups in Germany, according to the Deutsche Welle (German) website.
"This will not get us ahead," Merkel said in her weekly video blog on Saturday (March 27, 2010). "We want that people who over many generations live in Germany will integrate. And that means that of course they have to learn the German language and live by German laws," she added.
The Turkish Prime Minister said many of the 2.7 million people of Turkish origin in Germany had problems learning German.
Politicians, teachers, and representatives of Germany's large Turkish community in Germany have also dismissed Erdogan's proposal, saying it would hinder integration rather than help it.
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