Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baclavas from his
Turkish neighbours in
Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara's offensive in his hometown.
Since Turkish forces launched their assault on
Kurds in northeastern
Syria, tensions have risen in
Germany where millions of Turks and Kurds live side by side.
Shops have been trashed, knife attacks reported and insults traded, prompting Germany's integration commissioner Annette Widmann-Mauz to call for restraint.