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Cross-Border Activities and Transnational Identification of Turkish Migrants in Europe

Pötzschke, Steffen ; Duru, Deniz LU ; Cesur, Nazli Sila and Braun, Michael (2014) In EUCROSS Working Paper
Abstract
This paper reports preliminary results on the interplay of cross-border practices and transnational identifications for Turkish migrants living in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom surveyed in the FP7 EUCROSS project. Quantitative data were collected by telephone and face-to-face surveys with 250 Turkish migrants in each of the five countries of residence. In addition, qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 Turkish migrants in each country. We find remarkable differences between Turkish migrant groups in the surveyed countries both with respect to background variables, such as duration of sojourn, education and migration motives, and cross-border... (More)
This paper reports preliminary results on the interplay of cross-border practices and transnational identifications for Turkish migrants living in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom surveyed in the FP7 EUCROSS project. Quantitative data were collected by telephone and face-to-face surveys with 250 Turkish migrants in each of the five countries of residence. In addition, qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 Turkish migrants in each country. We find remarkable differences between Turkish migrant groups in the surveyed countries both with respect to background variables, such as duration of sojourn, education and migration motives, and cross-border activities, such as travel experiences, friendship networks and communication abroad. Our analysis shows that the experience of cross-border activities did not influence the respondents’ stance towards supranational entities, such as the European Union or the World as such. This might be due to
the fact that the individuals surveyed here did not differ in the most important mobility experience: the migration to another country. A specific “Schengen area” effect on European identification did not emerge from our data. Quite the contrary: those respondents who live outside the Schengen zone (i.e
., in the United Kingdom and Romania) are among those who identified most strongly with Europe. Moreover, most of the interviewed Turkish nationals were more likely to state a pronounced cosmopolitan stance than a strong identification with Europe. However, this might not come as an surprise, as the full rights associated with European citizenship have not yet been
awarded to Turkish nationals in EU member states. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{This  paper  reports  preliminary  results  on  the  interplay  of  cross-border  practices  and transnational  identifications  for  Turkish  migrants living  in  Denmark,  Germany,  Italy, Romania  and  the  United  Kingdom  surveyed  in  the  FP7 EUCROSS  project.  Quantitative data  were  collected  by telephone  and face-to-face  surveys  with  250  Turkish  migrants  in each of the five countries of residence. In addition, qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 Turkish migrants in each country. We  find  remarkable  differences  between  Turkish  migrant  groups  in  the  surveyed countries  both  with  respect  to  background  variables,  such  as  duration  of  sojourn, education and migration motives, and cross-border activities, such as travel experiences, friendship networks and communication abroad. Our analysis shows that the experience of  cross-border  activities  did  not  influence  the  respondents’  stance  towards  supranational entities, such as the European Union or the World as such. This might be due to <br/>the fact that the individuals surveyed here did not differ in the most important mobility experience:  the  migration  to  another  country.  A  specific  “Schengen  area”  effect  on European  identification  did  not  emerge  from  our  data.  Quite  the  contrary:  those respondents  who  live  outside  the  Schengen  zone  (i.e<br/>.,  in  the  United  Kingdom  and Romania) are among those who identified most strongly with Europe. Moreover, most of the  interviewed  Turkish nationals  were  more  likely to  state  a  pronounced  cosmopolitan stance  than  a  strong identification  with  Europe.  However,  this  might  not  come  as  an surprise,  as  the  full  rights  associated  with  European  citizenship  have  not  yet  been <br/>awarded to Turkish nationals in EU member states.}},
  author       = {{Pötzschke, Steffen and Duru, Deniz and Cesur, Nazli Sila and Braun, Michael}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Working Paper}},
  number       = {{7}},
  series       = {{EUCROSS Working Paper}},
  title        = {{Cross-Border Activities and Transnational Identification of Turkish Migrants in Europe}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/64740848/eucross_d9_11_turkish_migrants.pdf}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}