Muhacir Bulgarian Workers in Turkey: Their Relation to Management and Fellow Workers in the Formal Employment Sector

Nichols, Theo; Sugur, Nadir; Suğur, Serap

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“…In terms of their level of education, they were found to be more educated and have a relatively more modern lifestyle that their neighbors, and most women do not wear headscarves when outside. There are also fewer mosques when compared to other parts of the city, suggesting a more secular standpoint (Nichols et al., 2003). In addition, it was reported that for 15 years after remigration, the Bulgarian migrants had lower life satisfaction when compared to Turkish people (Yenilmez et al., 2007).…”

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“…After the collapse of the empire in the twentieth century, and with the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, a reverse migration was observed. A salient remigration from Bulgaria began as a result of a Bulgarian state policy to merge different ethnic groups as integral parts of a socialist country (Vasileva, 1992), and major migrations were witnessed in the 1920s, the 1950s, and in 1989, when over 300,000 Bulgarian‐born Turkish people returned to settle in cities in Turkey such as İzmir, Bursa, Eskişehir, and Edirne (Nichols, Sugur, & Sugur, 2003). Some Turkish people, however, decided to remain in Bulgaria, and still live there.…”

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Cultural context, obsessive‐compulsive disorder symptoms, and cognitions: A preliminary study of three Turkish samples living in different countries

Yorulmaz¹,

Işık²

2010

Int J Psychol

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Previous research findings have suggested that recent cognitive accounts of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are valid across different cultural contexts for both clinical and nonclinical samples; however, there is evidence that cultural differences may have an impact on a number of cognitive variables. For this reason, immigration provides an exceptional opportunity for an examination of the role of cultural context in cognitions and possible changes in cultural characteristics. To this end, the present study examined the interrelationships between thought-action fusion, thought control strategies and OCD symptoms in three nonclinical samples, taking the immigration factor into consideration. Thus, the current study included three Turkish sample groups: those who remigrated to Turkey from Bulgaria, those still living in Bulgaria, and those that have always resided in Turkey. The findings of the study supported the role of thought and action fusion and control strategies in OCD symptoms in a cross-cultural context. To illustrate, worry, as a thought control strategy for OCD symptoms, was a common factor in all three sample groups. However, differences were also noted between the groups, despite having the same ethnic origin. Although they immigrated back to Turkey and have been living there for a considerable period of time, the Turkish remigrants retained similar characteristics to the respondents in Bulgaria on cognitions in general. Consequently, it may be suggested that cultural context might have a relative impact on certain correlates. A replication of these findings using different immigration groups and examining various cultural factors is strongly encouraged.

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Cultural context, obsessive‐compulsive disorder symptoms, and cognitions: A preliminary study of three Turkish samples living in different countries

Yorulmaz¹,

Işık²

2010

Int J Psychol

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“…It follows that kin should not be understood as denoting a set of static and clearly definable groups, but as dependent on a variety of factors, in particular changing self-perceptions and the perceptions of others, especially in relation to the dominant ethnic group or the state. Another variable is the changing perception of potential kin groups regarding Turkey as a possible protector, ally or place of refuge, perhaps most striking in the case of the difference in the expectations and reality of life in Turkey for refugees who settled there during the exodus from Bulgaria in 1989 Nichols et al, 2003). The 1990s conflicts also served as reminders that being associated with the Ottomans, or today with Turkey, has also constituted a liability for groups and individuals.…”

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‘Friends, Balkans, Statesmen Lend Us Your Ears’: The Trans-state and State in Links between Turkey and the Balkans

Bulut

2006

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“…An account of these muhacir workers and their relation to other workers is provided in Nichols, Sugur and Sugur (2003). An account of these muhacir workers and their relation to other workers is provided in Nichols, Sugur and Sugur (2003).…”

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Signs of change in Turkey's working class: workers' age‐related perceptions in the modern manufacturing sector*

Nichols

Sugur

Taşıran³

2003

British Journal of Sociology

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This paper explores the possible effects of the increasing exposure to modernity on younger workers in some sectors of developing countries with special reference to those employed in advanced manufacturing in Turkey. In recent decades Turkey has undergone considerable urbanization, improvements in literacy and rising levels of formal education. The paper systematically examines differences in the work-related attitudes and expectations, commitment and aspirations of younger and older workers, who have been exposed to these processes to different degrees. It is broadly confirmed that younger workers have higher expectations and aspirations that make them relatively less satisfied with a number of aspects of their work and which are likely to make for a less committed more critical workforce.

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Muhacir Bulgarian Workers in Turkey: Their Relation to Management and Fellow Workers in the Formal Employment Sector

Cited by 8 publications

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Cultural context, obsessive‐compulsive disorder symptoms, and cognitions: A preliminary study of three Turkish samples living in different countries

Cultural context, obsessive‐compulsive disorder symptoms, and cognitions: A preliminary study of three Turkish samples living in different countries

‘Friends, Balkans, Statesmen Lend Us Your Ears’: The Trans-state and State in Links between Turkey and the Balkans

Signs of change in Turkey's working class: workers' age‐related perceptions in the modern manufacturing sector*

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