02:04Members of Berlin's German-Turkish community shared their reactions to the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) narrow election win in the German capital on Monday.
"We want to have a party that we can vote for so that we can protect Turkish people's rights," said one local woman, in Kreuzberg, a district known for its large Turkish community.
"The SPD is much closer to us. Anyway, as you also said, we are not migrants, and at the end of the day, we want a party closer to us to win", said another local.
The centre-left SPD has traditionally attracted more support from Germans from migrant backgrounds, with the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) only pushing voters further away when MPs voted to repeal Germany's dual citizenship law in 2016, although Chancellor Angela Merkel blocked the move.
According to a Berlin-based consultancy firm, Data4U, it is estimated that the SPD will win an overwhelming share of the Turkish-German vote, taking into account the national and local elections of 2017, which showed 60 percent supported the party.
According to official provisional national results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively
Germany: Berlin's Turkish community reacts after SPD win tight election
Members of Berlin's German-Turkish community shared their reactions to the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) narrow election win in the German capital on Monday.
"We want to have a party that we can vote for so that we can protect Turkish people's rights," said one local woman, in Kreuzberg, a district known for its large Turkish community.
"The SPD is much closer to us. Anyway, as you also said, we are not migrants, and at the end of the day, we want a party closer to us to win", said another local.
The centre-left SPD has traditionally attracted more support from Germans from migrant backgrounds, with the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) only pushing voters further away when MPs voted to repeal Germany's dual citizenship law in 2016, although Chancellor Angela Merkel blocked the move.
According to a Berlin-based consultancy firm, Data4U, it is estimated that the SPD will win an overwhelming share of the Turkish-German vote, taking into account the national and local elections of 2017, which showed 60 percent supported the party.
According to official provisional national results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively
Members of Berlin's German-Turkish community shared their reactions to the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) narrow election win in the German capital on Monday.
"We want to have a party that we can vote for so that we can protect Turkish people's rights," said one local woman, in Kreuzberg, a district known for its large Turkish community.
"The SPD is much closer to us. Anyway, as you also said, we are not migrants, and at the end of the day, we want a party closer to us to win", said another local.
The centre-left SPD has traditionally attracted more support from Germans from migrant backgrounds, with the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) only pushing voters further away when MPs voted to repeal Germany's dual citizenship law in 2016, although Chancellor Angela Merkel blocked the move.
According to a Berlin-based consultancy firm, Data4U, it is estimated that the SPD will win an overwhelming share of the Turkish-German vote, taking into account the national and local elections of 2017, which showed 60 percent supported the party.
According to official provisional national results, the SPD came first with 25.7 percent and 206 seats, while Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with its Bavarian sister party, came second with 24.1 percent and 196 seats. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), both of which will be key to forming any new government, came in third with 14.8 percent, and 118 seats, and fourth with 11.5 percent, and 92 seats, respectively