Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Yabancı Diller Eğitimi Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2019
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Havva ÖZTÜRK
Danışman: Sultan Çiğdem Sağın Şimşek
Özet:
The aim of the present
thesis is to explore the return motives, Turkish and German identity
perceptions, and Turkish and German language preferences of second and third-generation
Turkish-German returnees. A total of 93 informants participated in the study
(10 second-generation and 83 third-generation). A mixed method research design
was adopted in the study. The data was collected by means of questionnaires and
semi-structured interviews. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 24 and MAXQDA
2018 were used. The results of the study indicated that the Turkish identity
identification scores were significantly higher than the German identity
identification scores, which indicates that Turkish-German returnees identify
with their Turkish identity significantly higher than their German identity. Additionally, a significant positive
relationship was found between a sense of belonging to the Turkish identity and
language preference. In addition, no significant difference was found
between the Turkish and German proficiency levels of the Turkish German returnees,
which indicates that Turkish-German returnees are balanced bilinguals who are
proficient users of both languages. In addition, while participants prefer
Turkish more than German, they continue to use German across different topics
and in different procedures. During the qualitative data analyses process, the
overarching themes emerged were integration to Germany, perceived
discrimination in the host society, post-return experiences in the country of
origin (adaptation to Turkey, perceived discrimination), and difficulties
related to Turkish language proficiency. According to the qualitative data
analysis, it was seen that Turkish migrants were successfully integrated into Germany
and a failure to integrate was not a determinant of the return itself. Discrimination
was also found to be a factor which cannot solely explain the return decision
of the participants. Moreover, the post-return difficulties reported by the
participants were mostly associated with language, differences between the two
countries in terms of way of life and education.