Suchergebnisse

This project examines how Turkish postmigrants in Germany position themselves against the influences of the German state's integration and the Turkish government's diasporic policies. We argue that the double influx of host and home states lures Turkish postmigrants into an identity trap subjecting their in-between position to exploitation in transnational negotiations. As their own perspective is poorly addressed in literature, this study fills this gap by reference to postmigrants' standpoint. We hypothesize that the positioning of Turkish postmigrants in Germany is reflected through identity expressions and priority of belongings. We will carry out an exploratory assessment with three work packages. Study 1 will decode the Turkish postmigrant figure addressed by both states. Major media outlets most attended by postmigrants will be analyzed to display the imagined figure. Study 2 will inform the trajectory of the Turkish national identity narrative across important milestones over the migration chronology. A structured archival study will unearth the discursive mutations through political leaders' speeches. Finally, Study 3 will exclusively confer postmigrants' viewpoints against both influences. The project consults a conceptual framework in terms of diaspora generating, diaspora shaping, collective nostalgia, and social cohesion to expand on understanding how Turkish postmigrants express their identities and prioritize their belongings across their in-between existence.

Chapter 1- Introduction -- Chapter 2- An overview of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict narratives and their effects on intergroup relations -- Chapter 3- Understanding the Implications of Victimhood Identity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict -- Chapter 4- Collective Identity in Kurds: From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness -- Chapter 5- Oath to Death: An Analysis of Sait Kırmızıtoprak's Contested Memory -- Chapter 6- The other of the other: Syrian refugees from the perspective of Kurdish minority in Turkey -- Chapter 7- From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers -- Chapter 8- Reflexivity and Positionality in Qualitative Research: On Being an Outsider in the Field -- Chapter 9- How did 'Turkish' psychology become the mainstream? A discourse analysis on the trajectory of its colonial legacy -- Chapter 10- Conclusion.