Integriert, toleriert, diskriminiert – Zur Selbstverortung der Minderheiten in der Türkei
Integrated, Tolerated, Discriminated – Self-Placement of Minorities in Turkey

Summary/Abstract: The protection of minority rights in Turkey is still a sensitive question. Empirical research is difficult to conduct because officials deny the existence of minority groups. Turkey does notrecognize other minorities than non-Muslim groups as official minorities; but also the Christianminorities face many problems in Turkish society.How do minorities in Turkey asses their situation, and have they seen any changes in the pastyears? Which identity constructions and formations predominate? To which extent do minoritygroups face discrimination? These and other questions will be analyzed on the basis of anempirical survey conducted by the author and his team in Turkey. The respondents belong to theminority groups of Alevis, Syriacs and Armenians. The empirical results confirm and complementpolitical reports about the difficult position of minorities in contemporary Turkey.

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