"The disappointing thing for me was that for four years I've been explaining to my son that I've been doing this for our future," Selahattin told The Local. "And following this decision, this wrongful decision, all my arguments went out of the window. It ruined everything."
Faced with the disappointment of not seeing his son, and bewildered by the denial of the visa, the financial controller said he even began contemplating a move back to Turkey. "If my son cannot enter the country where I live, there is no reason for me to stay," he explained.
For the father of one, the summer visit would have been a time to show Aslan how other children live in Germany - such as riding their bikes to school in the morning - and give him a taste of a more peaceful pace of life.
His ultimate goal, he said, was for his son to move to Germany with him and get the best start in life. "Nowadays the trend is for our young people in Turkey to move out, get a higher level education and experience a more favorable living environment."
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