Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297228 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 20/2024
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The AKP leadership's diaspora policy has created tensions between Turkey and European countries. Turkey's gradual slide into authoritarianism, Islam's steady expansion into public life and the increasing divergence between the foreign and security policies of Turkey and the EU have deepened the mistrust in relations between that country and the Union. Concerns abound about Ankara's "long-arm" influence and the loyalties of Turkish migrants and their foreign-born children to their countries of residence. Meanwhile, the mainstreaming of anti-migration and anti-Islam sentiments in European countries has led to a conflation between Ankara's ambitions and the diaspora's attitudes and demands in the public discourse. While it is crucial not to overstate the AKP's ability to mobilise the diaspora, the genuine grievances of individuals with a migration background should be taken seriously. At the same time, European governments should continue to advocate the greater independence of mosque communities from Turkey's influence in order to maintain a balanced diaspora landscape.
Subjects: 
Diaspora policy
Justice and Development Party
AKP
Turkish migrants
Kılıçdaroğlu
Diyanet
DITIB
assimilation
new subjectivity
islamophobia
Gülenist network
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