Abstract The Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies, by launching a specialized journal on the topic, will give new momentum to diaspora studies and create an academic form through which it will bring theory and practice together to discuss diasporic and migration issues. In this sense, TJDS also aspires to be a venue that produces high-standard […]
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Emergence of Afro-Turks in Turkish Politics
Abstract Since the mid-2000s, Turkey’s almost forgotten and invisible Africa-rooted Turkish citizens, the Afro-Turks, have come to the surface. Because of their small number, they have never been conspicuous before. However, since 2003, with Turkey’s opening to Africa policy, they have become much more discernable in the Turkish public sphere with festivals and activities. Ankara […]
Diaspora FDI: Why do Returning Migrants Invest in Their Home Countries and What are the Main Difficulties They Face? The Case of Romania
Abstract Migrants play a significant role in increasing economic links between their home and adoptive countries. They contribute to increasing trade and increasing capital flows between the respective countries in the form of remittances and direct investment. In the context of Romania, only a trickle of this capital flow is in the form of direct […]
The Politics of Russian ‘Diaspora’: From Compatriots to a Russian World
Abstract Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left twenty-five million ethnic Russians living outside the contemporary borders of the Russian Federation, the country’s ruling elite have undertaken increasing efforts over time to formulate policies on “compatriots”, regardless of whether this population has conceived of themselves as such. Drawing on political speeches, official […]
Boundaries of the Turkish Diaspora
Abstract This article briefly investigates the evolution of Turkish diaspora over the course of history and pays particular attention to major diaspora formation approaches. Then, it focuses on the Turkish Diaspora within which, before all else, emigration and changing borders are considered major components for diaspora formation. This paper also demonstrates that the history of […]
The Indian Diaspora as a Social Movement: The Case of the Gulf Countries
Abstract In this study, the Gulf diaspora of India is examined with a social movement perspective. The aim of the study is to analyze how the Gulf diaspora was rebuilt during the Modi period. Arab countries in the Persian Gulf began to develop as a result of huge oil reserves and needed an intense workforce […]
Interview 1
Abstract Within the literature on diasporas, there are disagreements as to whether the term diaspora should be applied narrowly, to mean communities that have experienced forced migration, or more broadly to include any overseas populations. I believe that the proliferation of the usage of the term “Diaspora” is a result of the divergence of motivations […]
Interview 2
Abstract I think the increasing circulation of the term “diaspora” in social sciences as well as in everyday life partly springs from the fact that religion has lately become an explanatory factor in understanding the socio-economic, political and psychological dynamics behind the act of migration. Keywords Diaspora, Diaspora Studies, Migration References To cite this article: […]
Interview 3
Abstract The term diaspora does not have a single definition. However, this is not uncommon in the social sciences. Anthropologists do not provide a unique definition for culture, neither do sociologists for society, nor do scholars on nationalism studies for nation. The concept of diaspora started to be used in an increasingly broader sense in […]
Interview 4
Abstract I agree with the expansion of the application of the term beyond “victim diasporas.” The initial concept was applied in ancient Greece more neutrally to geographic dispersals of groups. There is a sociological problem of making the concept too wide, but I am generally in favour of inclusivity. Keywords Diaspora, Diaspora Studies, Migration References […]
