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District Administrator congratulates Akmut couple
Gross-Gerau district-to be married for 75 years-that is the crown jewel wedding. District Administrator Thomas wants to congratulate the spouses Sevim and Demir Akmut in Rüsselsheim on Thursday, January 2. Unfortunately, he was only able to hand over the bouquet of flowers and the certificate to the over 90 -year -old Demir Akmut, because his wife was ill and could therefore not be there at the visit to the visit, as the sons Erdal and Mehmet explained.
The jubilee has seven children. Five of the six brothers live with their families in the immediate vicinity in Rüsselsheim. On January 1, they not only celebrated the parents' anniversary together, but also Mehmet's birthday. In Anatolia, where the Akmuts come from, there were no doctors for a long time, no hospitals, says Mehmet Akmut: "These were tough times." The calendar played less than the seasons, one remembers certain natural events, such as that Large earthquakes in East Anatolia 1966. A birth or wedding date for the papers of simplicity was also placed on January 1st.
With the jubilee, the sons spoke Kurdish during the district council. "The first generation of the" guest worker "stayed among themselves. There was also no time to learn German, ”said Erdal Akmut to the district administrator. In 1969 Demir Akmut came to Germany to earned money and initially worked in the Cologne-Bonn area in agriculture. He later came to Opel, where he last worked on the assembly line. He lived in Flörsheim from 1980 to 1989, then in Rüsselsheim. The family was gradually made up for Germany. Today the jubilees have 14 grandchildren and four great -grandchildren.
When visiting the district administrator, an open conversation quickly relaxed about a variety of topics- from family history to the upcoming federal election to the situation in Syria, through the trips of the district administrator by bike (once to Istanbul), the hospitality and culture in the Eastern Turkey up to the future prospects of young people in Germany.
(PS/GG)
Photo: District Administrator Thomas Will conveyed congratulations on the occasion of the crown jewel wedding of Demir Akmut and his wife. Photo: district administration
