Routes to Roots: &lt;i&gt;Second-Generation Turks from Germany ‘Return’
                        to Turkey&lt;/i&gt;

King, Russell; Kılınç, Nilay

doi:10.2478/njmr-2014-0018

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“…In our earlier research we found that family and social networks were key ingredients in return to Istanbul and small-town locations (King and Kılınç 2014). However, the Antalya participants' parents do not live close by: they either live in Germany or have returned to the towns and districts they were originally from.…”

Section: General Characteristics Of the Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As with most migrations, however, some sociodemographic selectivity may be involved. In existing research on the Caribbean, Greece, and Cyprus and in our own prior research on those who 'return' to Istanbul, there seems to be a consistent pattern of positive selection for second-generation 'returnees': it is the most educated, adventurous, and ambitious who 'return', even if most of those who have these characteristics do not return (Christou and King 2014;King and Kılınç 2014;Potter 2006;Teerling 2014).…”

Section: Lifestyle Migration and Second-generation 'Return'mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our previous research focusing on the resettlement of second-generation Turks in Istanbul and small towns has highlighted the complex nature of home for this transnational group (Kılınç 2014;King and Kılınç 2014). Those who relocated to Istanbul, Turkey's largest metropolitan centre, value the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city and its varied employment opportunities, although there are also disappointments and frustrations, such as high living costs, the chaos of the city and its traffic, and the corruption and lax professional standards in the working environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

Kılınç¹,

King²

2017

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BACKGROUNDThis paper uses a lifestyle-migration lens to analyse the 'return' of the Turkish-German second generation to their parents' homeland, Turkey. It focuses on a scenically attractive touristic region, Antalya on the south coast, where second-generation 'returnees' find a highly congenial environment to pursue their project of living a 'better life' in the ancestral homeland. METHODThirty in-depth interviews with second-generation Turkish-Germans, mostly in their 30s and 40s, were carried out in and around Antalya in 2014. Narratives were coded and prepared for thematic analysis using NVivo. RESULTSAccording to thematic analysis of interview narratives, many respondents were seeking to 'escape' from difficult personal, family, and economic situations. They mobilised their human capital of educational qualifications, language skills, and life experience to set up or get jobs in hotels, restaurants, and other tourist services, combining work with a relaxed attitude to life in what they saw as a 'paradise' of natural beauty and social open-mindedness. Alongside these practical considerations of seeking a better worklife balance were more existential themes of rediscovering their 'true selves' and reinventing the meaning of 'home' in this cosmopolitan niche.

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Section: General Characteristics Of the Samplementioning

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Section: Lifestyle Migration and Second-generation 'Return'mentioning

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The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

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King²

2017

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“…When it comes to the 'return' of the second generation, this is generally seen as a voluntary, 'counter-diasporic' relocation to the parental homeland, even if many studies on this migratory type report widespread dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the 'homeland' environment (e.g. Christou & King 2014;King & Kılınç 2014;Wessendorf 2007).…”

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From Vagabond to Tourist: <i>Second-Generation Turkish-German Deportees’ Narratives of Self-Healing and Well-being</i>

Kılınç

2019

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

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The paper explores the social integration, well-being and self-healing strategies and outcomes of a sample of second-generation Turkish-Germans who were deported to Turkey due to conviction for youth crimes. Based on the life-story narratives of 14 male participants living and working in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya, I analysed the way in which this tourist city offers spaces for self-discovery and socioeconomic integration, based on profitable work in the tourist economy. Although deportation was a traumatic event, it facilitated possibilities for life transformation-from 'vagabond' to 'tourist'.

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“…Engler et al (2015) also suggest that only 25% of all emigrants with German citizenship and a migratory background return to their family's country of origin. King and Kılınc (2014) identified four types of Turkish second generation returnees from Germany: university students, future spouses embarking on marriage migration, those attracted by the Turkish lifestyle, and those for whom the return represented an "escape," for example from a failed marriage in Germany. For Górny and Osipovič (2006), the return of British Poles to Poland was due to a mixture of family factors and social capital as well as to ideological and economic reasons.…”

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Emigration Patterns and Determinants of Children of Immigrants in Switzerland

Steiner

2016

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Existing studies on emigration either focus on the first generation or the total migrant population. Analysing the Swiss context, this article explores the emigration patterns and determinants of children of immigrants in comparison with other subpopulations. We use original longitudinal data (obtained by linking the Structural Survey and the Population and Household Statistics) that provide information on emigration flows as well as on the migratory background. Results differ significantly according to the migratory status considered.Keywords: Children of immigrants, emigration, Switzerland, longitudinal data, migratory status Emigrationsmuster und -faktoren der Immigrantenkinder in der SchweizDer Fokus bestehender Emigrationsstudien ist entweder auf die erste Generation oder die Gesamtmigrationsbevölkerung gerichtet. Dieser Artikel untersucht die Emigrationsmuster und -faktoren der Immigrantenkinder im Vergleich mit anderen Bevölkerungsgruppen im Schweizer Kontext. Dafür kommen neue Längsschnittdaten zur Anwendung (die Strukturerhebung und die Statistik der Bevölkerung und der Haushalte), welche die Auswanderungen beinhalten und Aufschluss über den Migrationsstatus geben. Die Studienergebnisse variieren deutlich zwischen den einzelnen Migrationsstatus.Schlüsselwörter: Immigrantenkinder, Auswanderung, Schweiz, Längsschnittdaten, Migrationsstatus Tendances et facteurs d'émigration des enfants d'immigrants en SuisseLes études existantes sur l'émigration mettent soit l'accent sur la première génération soit sur l'ensemble de la population migrante. Cet article explore les facteurs d'émigration des enfants d'immigrants en comparaison avec d'autres sous-populations dans le contexte suisse. Nous utilisons des données longitudinales (obtenues en appariant le relevé structurel et la statistique de la population et des ménages) qui décrivent les émigrations ainsi que la trajectoire migratoire. Les résultats diffèrent considérablement selon le statut migratoire considéré.

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Routes to Roots: <i>Second-Generation Turks from Germany ‘Return’ to Turkey</i>

Cited by 37 publications

References 16 publications

The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

From Vagabond to Tourist: <i>Second-Generation Turkish-German Deportees’ Narratives of Self-Healing and Well-being</i>

Emigration Patterns and Determinants of Children of Immigrants in Switzerland

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