GÜNÜMÜZ TÜRKİYE’SİNDE ERMENİ GENCİ OLMAK: İSTANBUL’DAKİ ERMENİ LİSELERİ MEZUNU GENÇLERİN KİMLİK ALGILARI, KİMLİK KAYNAKLARI VE KİMLİK STRATEJİLERİ
BEING ARMENIAN YOUTH IN TODAY’S TURKEY: THE IDENTITY PERCEPTIONS, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES OF ARMENIAN HIGH SCHOOLS’ GRADUATES IN ISTANBUL

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to contribute to youth studies field in Turkey through a case study conducted between 2016-2017 on Armenian high school graduates among 18-30 years old living in Istanbul’s neighbourhoods densely populated by Armenians. The article attempts to measure the influence of the school as socialization and cultural transmission context/space on the identity strategies of Armenian youth. The article also looks into the influence of family, church, communal relations, collective memories and traumas on the Armenian youth and questions their perception of being Armenian. Consequently, the article aims to understand a generation of Armenian youth who was not only born and raised in an era in which Armenian community was starting to open up, but also experienced traumatic events such as Hrant Dink’s assassination in 2007.

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