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Migration, Cultural Interaction and Multiculturalism in Global World
Migration, Cultural Interaction and Multiculturalism in Global World

Author(s): Mehmet Evkuran
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Sociology of Culture, Migration Studies, Globalization, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Globalization; Immigration; Identity; Cultural Change; Islamophobia; Multiculturalism;

Summary/Abstract: Cultural systems always determine and specify identities. So cultural changes and transformations reflect on the identities directly. Wherever thereis cultural mobility there are identity problems. Today immigration is the upper most cause of cultural mobility. In this respect it’s (immigration studies)are a remarkable field in social sciences. There was heavy and perpetual immigration from Turkey to European countries especially Germany, which had experienced this effect fact deeply; such that those migrated from Turkeyto other European countries, were called as Almancı/Alamancı in their owncountry. First generation who migrated to different EU regions, because of economic reasons at first, have begun to experience differentiation of culture and identity slowly but deeply. The first-generation immigrants did not cut their ties with the homeland, returning to their homeland after retirement from their adopted EU working home.

  • Issue Year: 7/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 8-19
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English