Following a statement by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet, in which he claimed that Turkish migrants were behind Germany’s “economic miracle,” he has been sharply debunked. In fact, the Welt newspaper’s senior history editor not only lambastes Wadephul but the entire foreign ministry. “The CDU politician is spreading economic-historical nonsense … Continue reading German foreign minister false claim that Turks were behind Germany’s ‘economic miracle’ is easily debunked, writes Welt historian