Erdogan's long reach? An investigation into the influences of current political events on the identity constructions of Turkish-Dutch adolescents
| dc.contributor.advisor | Swedlund, H.J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hageman, Esra | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-05-19 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis seeks to find a deeper understanding of the influences of recent events on the identity constructions of Turkish-Dutch adolescents. Within the Netherlands, their positions have become increasingly problematized, due to growing anti-Islam sentiments and recent political developments in Turkey. Also within Turkey tensions have increased, due to the failed coup d’état in July 2016 and the Turkish referendum of April 2017. In this thesis it is argued, that whereas identity is a very personal concept, it is very much socially shaped. Even though identities are complex, multiple and fluid, for Turkish-Dutch adolescents the duality of ‘living in two worlds’ does exist, for it is imposed on them by society, the media and politics. Whereas previous researches have focused mainly on the existence of this duality, the central argument in this thesis is that current political developments in the Netherlands and Turkey, have made this duality even more pungent. The increase of anti-Islam sentiments in the Netherlands, the military coup and the referendum in Turkey, and especially the growing mutual hostilities after the direct confrontation between Turkey and the Netherlands in March, have added to this. This puts later generation Turks in the Netherlands in an impossible position. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/5413 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Conflicts, Territories and Identities | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Human Geography | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | Erdogan's long reach? An investigation into the influences of current political events on the identity constructions of Turkish-Dutch adolescents | en_US |
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