Terms of belonging: Turkish immigrants from Bulgaria in the imagined homeland

Parla, Ayse (2005) Terms of belonging: Turkish immigrants from Bulgaria in the imagined homeland. Doctoral thesis, New York University.

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Abstract

In 1989, more than 300,000 Turks fled the assimilation campaign launched by the communist government in Bulgaria and immigrated to Turkey. The arrival of these immigrants was officially hailed as the homecoming of "ethnic kin" (soydas), who, having ensured the survival of Turkish existence in the Balkans for centuries, were finally "returning." For many, however, the imagined homeland, Turkey, failed to supersede

Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Athropology ; culture
Subjects: H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe
Divisions: Balkan countries > Bulgaria
Depositing User: Terry Vanderslice
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2018 08:59
Last Modified: 24 Jul 2018 08:59
URI: https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1465

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