Actress Sibel Kekilli has encouraged people with a migration history to play an active role in society with their own music, ideas and knowledge.
The 41-year-old is known from the US series "Game of Thrones" and gave the speech at the naturalization ceremony for the state of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart on Friday evening.
Stuttgart - Integration does not mean that people should cast off or deny their culture.
Rather, it means finding one's own place in democracy, respecting and protecting it, emphasized Kekilli.
"There cannot be enough who support this task."
More than 20 years after her own naturalization, as a child of Turkish immigrants, she now carries both cultures with appreciation: “For my part, I love this culture, yes, this country.
The political diversity.
The discussion culture.
And, yes, Maultaschen, ”said the native Heilbronn.
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