BERLIN
Turkey's deputy prime minister has discussed dual citizenship and voting rights for Turks living in Germany during a trip to Berlin on Monday.
After a meeting with Aydan Ozoguz, the German minister for immigration, refugees and integration, Emrullah Isler told reporters they had discussed "terms to ally the two countries' institutions."
Ozoguz - the deputy leader of Germany’s Social Democrats - is the first ever Turkish-origin minister to make it to the German federal Cabinet.
"We believe that problems can be solved through dialog," Isler said.
Isler emphasized that Turkish citizens not born in Germany, but who have been living there for many years, should be given dual citizenship.
"We will make progress on this issue in the coming years."
He confirmed that Turkish citizens living overseas will be eligible to vote in Turkey's presidential and general elections.
Almost 3 million Turkish people live in Germany, according to a report announced by Germany's Federal Statistics Department in May, 2013.
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