ABSTRACT

Mobility is becoming a defining feature of today’s globalising society. Individuals move for a variety of reasons, including finding employment or pursuing education. This paper focuses on the interrelationship between two different types of migrants who have all moved out of one specific country to another. It builds on the perceptions of Turkish graduates of German universities who moved cross-border recently to study in German universities, the self-styled ‘New Wave Turks’, to understand their place within the existing Turkish diaspora there. Although the existing Turkish diaspora in Germany is well researched, as is how diasporas can facilitate further mobility, the interaction between these newcomers and the existing Turkish diaspora in Germany has received little scholarly attention. Through in-depth semi-structured interviews with recent Turkish graduates of German universities, we explored how the existing diaspora provides support but also challenges for the newcomers, complicating their experiences. We argue that international student mobility led to the emergence of a new form of ‘total diaspora’ in Germany, comprising both the existing Turkish diaspora and newly joined Turkish graduates of German universities. Social media was instrumental for these newcomers in setting themselves apart within the total diaspora, allowing them to create their own community identity.

摘要

移动性正在成为当今全球化社会的一个决定性特征。个人搬家的原因有很多，包括找工作或接受教育。本文侧重于从一个特定国家移居到另一个特定国家的两种不同类型的移民之间的相互关系。它建立在德国大学土耳其毕业生的看法之上，他们最近跨境移居德国大学，自称为“新浪潮土耳其人”，以了解他们在那里现有的土耳其侨民中的位置。尽管对德国现有的土耳其侨民以及侨民如何促进进一步流动进行了很好的研究，但这些新移民与德国现有的土耳其侨民之间的互动很少受到学术关注。通过对德国大学最近的土耳其毕业生的深入半结构化访谈，我们探讨了现有的侨民如何为新移民提供支持和挑战，使他们的经历复杂化。我们认为，国际学生的流动导致德国出现了一种新形式的“总体侨民”，包括现有的土耳其侨民和德国大学新加入的土耳其毕业生。社交媒体有助于这些新移民在整个侨民中脱颖而出，使他们能够创建自己的社区身份。我们认为，国际学生的流动导致德国出现了一种新形式的“总体侨民”，包括现有的土耳其侨民和德国大学新加入的土耳其毕业生。社交媒体有助于这些新移民在整个侨民中脱颖而出，使他们能够创建自己的社区身份。我们认为，国际学生的流动导致德国出现了一种新形式的“总体侨民”，包括现有的土耳其侨民和德国大学新加入的土耳其毕业生。社交媒体有助于这些新移民在整个侨民中脱颖而出，使他们能够创建自己的社区身份。