Turkish Identity Formation and Political Mobilization in Western Europe and North America

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE IN TURKISH STUDIES (to appear in June
2009)

We would like to invite papers for a special issue in Turkish Studies
journal on Turkish Identity Formation and Political Mobilization in Western
Europe and
North America. We are specifically interested in original articles that
focus on Turkish immigrant associations and their participation in politics
in
FRANCE, BELGIUM, and in the UNITED KINGDOM.  Articles that contain primary
data will be preferred. If you would like to submit your article to this
special
issue, please contact: Dr. Sebnem Koser Akcapar at sa364@georgetown.edu and
Dr. Gokce Yurdakul at g.yurdakul2007@gmail.com (special issue guest
editors).
Please note that all articles will be peer-reviewed. The submission date is
July 30, 2008.  This special issue is currently in preparation and has the
following articles:
Turkish organisations in Europe: how national contexts provide different
avenues for    participation? Pontus Odmalm   //  Divided We Stand?: Turks
and Turkish associations in the United States, Sebnem Koser Akcapar //
Immigrant associations in Canada: Included, accommodated or excluded? Saime
Ozcurumez// Islam, conflicts and immigrant integration in Germany: The cases
of Diyanet
Isleri and Milli Gorus, Gokce Yurdakul // Organizing for access? The
political mobilization of Turks in Amsterdam, Laure Michon and Floris
Vermeulen //
"The light of the Alevi fire was lit in Germany and then spread to Turkey":
The debate about
the relationship between Alevism and Islam, Esra Ozyurek //
Towards a success story? Turkish immigrant organisations in Norway, Jon
Rogstad, // The Gulen Movement in Ireland: Civil society engagements of a
Turkish religio-cultural community, Jonathan Lacey.

Best regards,
Gokce Yurdakul
Post-doctoral Fellow
Freie Universitaet Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies