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American isle in a supermarket was removed and was instead replaced by Turkish products
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Totally get that, and I won't ever make any false equivalence or both-sides arguments.
I was just surprised they went with Turkish instead of, say, Mexican or Spanish, or another country not as problematic.
Well, seeing as it's written in German: Germany's and Austria's largest national minorities are Turks. Estimates are tough, but at least 3 million people (probably more like 5 million) in Germany have Turkish 'migrationshintergrund' and up to 500 000 people in Austria. Many have been there since the early 1960s, and, although it hasn't been all smooth sailing, Turkish culture and food has a significant place in both countries. So with that in mind I think this choice makes sense. Mexican food is lovely imo, but Germans don't have particular ties to the culture, people or food. (Not to mention the fact that whenever there's "Mexican" food in Europe broadly it's a watered-down version of tex-mex, which I do still like anyway)