Imputing Diaspora

An Examination of Turkish Political Rhetoric in Germany

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5089877
AutoresCameron Thibos (autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen19
Número2-3
Páginas170-194
Fecha de publicación2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1044-2057 • E-ISSN: 1911-1568
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/diaspora.19.2-3.170
OpenAlexW2616305743
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas43

In this article, I examine two different frames of diasporic identity found within the rhetoric of Turkish politicians when they address audiences in Germany. I analyze speeches given in 2011 by the then Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and leader of the opposition, Kemal Kılıçdaroğ lu, during the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Turkish labor migration to Germany. I argue that both wove narratives of identity that emphasized the continuing relevance of Turkey to the lives of expatriate Turks as well as their continued inclusion in Turkish society. I suggest that these were deliberate attempts to construct or maintain imagined communities of diasporic Turks as part of broader political projects. Such transnational reinterpretations of "domestic" issues constitute an understudied dimension of diasporic engagement and diasporic identity formation

Aesthetics · Art · Diaspora · Expatriate · Identity (music · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Turkish · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society