A new study by the Centre for Turkey Studies and Integration Research (Stiftung Zentrum füTürkeistudien und Integrationsforschung) at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany recently surveyed citizens of Turkish descent living in Germany.
According to the survey, approximately 89% of those questioned feel a strong or very strong connection to Turkey, while 81% feel that way about Germany.
More striking are the numbers for those who feel a very strong connection: 61% feel that way about Turkey and only 37.5% about Germany.
Despite darkening political news from Turkey in recent years, this represents a significant increase in positive feelings for Turkey in the last several years.
Aside from a more heated debate about integration in Germany in the last several years, which was in no small measure also directed at Muslims and those of Turkish descent living in the country, another factor weighs in heavily.The Turkish government has made it a foreign policy priority to reach out to people of Turkish descent who live in Germany. Among its different priorities, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs include its role as “meeting the needs and bringing solutions to the problems” of Turkish citizens living abroad.
The underlying message? Germany treats you badly and does not really consider you a citizen of its country, but we do and we want to help you.
Note EU-Digest: Obviously this does not do much good to making new immigrants strengthen their ties with their new home country. In this respect, the European Union could benefit from adapting to the American system, Specially when it comes to the naturalization process of new foreign born citizens, There in the final stage of this process, new American Citizens are assembled in a group before a judge, pledging their alliance to the United States of America, this also implies not serving in foreign armies. At the end of the ceremony, each new citizen is given either a small US flag or a pin with the US flag.
Read more: German Turks: The Third-Generation Surprise - The Globalist
According to the survey, approximately 89% of those questioned feel a strong or very strong connection to Turkey, while 81% feel that way about Germany.
More striking are the numbers for those who feel a very strong connection: 61% feel that way about Turkey and only 37.5% about Germany.
Despite darkening political news from Turkey in recent years, this represents a significant increase in positive feelings for Turkey in the last several years.
Aside from a more heated debate about integration in Germany in the last several years, which was in no small measure also directed at Muslims and those of Turkish descent living in the country, another factor weighs in heavily.The Turkish government has made it a foreign policy priority to reach out to people of Turkish descent who live in Germany. Among its different priorities, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs include its role as “meeting the needs and bringing solutions to the problems” of Turkish citizens living abroad.
The underlying message? Germany treats you badly and does not really consider you a citizen of its country, but we do and we want to help you.
Note EU-Digest: Obviously this does not do much good to making new immigrants strengthen their ties with their new home country. In this respect, the European Union could benefit from adapting to the American system, Specially when it comes to the naturalization process of new foreign born citizens, There in the final stage of this process, new American Citizens are assembled in a group before a judge, pledging their alliance to the United States of America, this also implies not serving in foreign armies. At the end of the ceremony, each new citizen is given either a small US flag or a pin with the US flag.
Read more: German Turks: The Third-Generation Surprise - The Globalist
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