Why do Turks abroad vote? An insight into Turkish communities in France

Date de publication: 

Lundi 14 Février 2022 - 15:00

Publié ici : 

14 Février 2022

Mis à jour le : 

16 Février 2022

Langue de publication: 

  • Anglais

Zone géographique: 

  • Moyen-Orient

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Tere has been a significant Turkish presence in Europe for about 50 years. During this period of half a century, the most discussed questions concerning the Turkish communities of Europe have mainly been subjects such as integration, communitarianism, and cultural resistance. In the first decade of the 2000s Euro-Turks, or Turkish immigrants1 in Europe, experienced an unprecedented period of social acceptance into host societies. Improvements in relations between the EU and Turkey, economic growth in Turkey and relatively democratic initiatives by the Turkish government played a significant role in this golden age.

From the beginning of the 2010s, questions about Euro-Turkish communities started to take on a new dimension. Developments such as Turkey’s distancing itself from the EU and its values, the suspension of relations with the Union, increasing authoritarianism and Islamization in Turkey have changed the nature of discussions about Turkish migrants in Europe. Euro-Turks mostly originate from the rural regions of Anatolia, and their political tendencies and also those of young people originating from Turkish immigration in Europe have become even more visible with this break between the EU and Turkey. In 2012, in their countries of residence Turkish citizens gained the right to vote in Turkish elections and this provoked discussions on the politicization of the diaspora. There has been a number of topics on which these discussions have focused, viewed from a socio-political perspective: integration, the use of transnational communities as an instrument of soft power, Islamization and radicalization… From another perspective, discussions about external voting rights focused on topics such as legitimacy of transnational participation, and security of transnational votes.

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