Binding the Almancı to the “Homeland” – Notes from Turkey, Barbara PUSCH and Julia SPLITT

Barbara PUSCH; Julia SPLITT

Makale detayları

Binding the Almancı to the “Homeland” – Notes from Turkey, Barbara PUSCH and Julia SPLITT

Yazarlar:

Barbara PUSCH | Julia SPLITT

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2013 Vol.18 Issue 3, pp.129-166

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2013

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000585743

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641

Özet:

 

The Turkish- German migration movement did not start with the recruitment agreement in 1961. However, with this agreement, migration from Turkey became a new dynamic. As migration is usually accompanied by return migration, we may also say that the TurkishGerman migration movements have not been only characterised by the migration of Turkish citizens to Germany, but also by their return. Consequently, we can observe different types of return migration parallel to the changing nature of migration movements to Germany in the last 50 years. Today, more than 50 years after the recruitment agreement, the population with Turkish migration background has significantly changed. For immigrants with Turkish background in Germany, we can identify several aspects, such as rising age, the increasing number of naturalisations and the rising educational level of the second and particularly the third and fourth generations. As a result, the type of people returning to Turkey has also varied: A rough segmentation reveals three types of returnees today:  i  those retirees who decided to live their retirement days in Turkey,  ii  those retirees who spend half of the year in Germany and half of the year in Turkey and  iii  those second and third generation young and educated people who come to Turkey for job possibilities. In particular, the last group- the young and highly  educated- cannot be called returnees as such  as they were born in the country where their  forebears settled. However, this group of young  and educated migrants is often lucky in the  sense that their professional skills correspond to  the needs of the Turkish labour market. While  previous returnees often drove taxis or delivery  trucks, built rental houses or set up small  businesses and became part of the service sector,  they now work in many different sectors ranging  from arts and culture to telecommunications,  engineering, banking and are often involved in  the global economy. In this article, we will first  give an overview of the return migration from  the 1960s onwards. Then we will refer to the  return and reintegration policies of the Turkish  state. By doing so, we will not only point to the  changing nature of these policies in general, but  particularly look at rather new developments,  such as the introduction of the Mavi Kart  Blue  Card  and the foundation of the Yurtdışı Türkler  ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı  Presidency  of Turks Abroad and Related Communities   for binding highly educated Almancıs to their  parents’ or grandparents’ homeland.

Makale detayları

Binding the Almancı to the “Homeland” – Notes from Turkey, Barbara PUSCH and Julia SPLITT

Yazarlar: Barbara PUSCH | Julia SPLITT

Yayıncı: T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi: PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2013 Vol.18 Issue 3, pp.129-166

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2013

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000585743

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2651-3315

pISSN: 1300-8641

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Barbara PUSCH | Julia SPLITT

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2013 Vol.18 Issue 3, pp.129-166

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2013

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000585743

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641