In Front of God, Next to the Neighbours

What is it about?

Since the signing of the labour recruitment agreement between Germany any Turkey in 1941, migration has been a social factor that has not only shaped Turkey's demographics and supported its economy through labour migrants, but also become a part of Turkish discourse of the self and the other in Germany. _x000D_ _x000D_ Emotions have played a significant role in how members of the Turkish community have perceived a socio-cultural problem in this regard. _x000D_ _x000D_ This article analyzes how selected samples of textbooks developed in Germany for Turkish instruction have used emotions to shape a sense of belonging in contentious cases. _x000D_ _x000D_ It demonstrates that these textbooks not only portray their sense of belonging to national and religious identities by discursively contructing what constitutes a problem by drawing on emotions, but also aim to act as agents of socio-cultural change for the Turkish community in Germany through particular discursive strategies. _x000D_ _x000D_ The study also highlights that the issues referring to religious reasoning can be approached as social issues perceived and conceptualized through an emotional framework associated with socio-cultural belonging.

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