Hallo. Sie sehen Interview Project Germany.
Heute treffen wir Neriman.
Neriman stammt aus der Türkei.
Viel Spaß beim Interview.
I’m called Neriman Dokcan, I’m 38 years old, I live in Germany.
In Lindau, Bodensee.
My parents had come to Germany to earn money.
They only wanted to stay a few years …
They had planned for two, three years.
But then, more and more, more and more.
And then the children were growing up,
and then it was difficult to go back.
I went to school …
I had a very good childhood.
A happy childhood. I have four brothers, I’m the only girl.
I’ve had a happy childhood.
I also didn’t grow up like …
I didn’t have this big pressure that you find in other foreign families.
Like in other Turkish families.
I didn’t have it. I was more free, like my friends.
I was in a Kolpinghaus [a kind of charitable youth club
for afternoon activities]. One year, I’ve had a training year.
Then they said we should do internships. Anyone who wanted to
could do so with a saleswoman or with a hairdresser. 
Then I thought and went for hairdresser,
so that it wouldn’t bore me.
It’s better than saleswoman. Then I went …
I did the internship and …
The boss said, you can start with us.
Sure, I used to like writing poems in former times.
But not by now. Formerly, I’ve written a lot of poems.
That’s what I’ve loved most doing.
Everything. About love, trees, leaves.
Very diverse.
At that time, I’ve sent it to a newspaper.
There were such Turkish newspapers back then.
And the newspapers, one page was full of poems. You were free
to send it there, and by next week you saw who’s written what.
And …
What kind of person am I? When I have a goal,
I have to reach it, I want to reach it.
I do everything to reach it, when I have a goal.
I’m aggressive, too.
It depends how…
I’m very patient until somewhere.
And then I get aggressive.
Like everyone else.
