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Mobility and Armenian Belonging in Contemporary Turkey: Migratory Routes and the Meaning of the Local

Hardback

Main Details

Title Mobility and Armenian Belonging in Contemporary Turkey: Migratory Routes and the Meaning of the Local
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Salim Aykut OEzturk
SeriesContemporary Turkey
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780755645077
ClassificationsDewey:956.100491992
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 14 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publication Date 23 February 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

What remains and becomes Armenian in a historically informed moment of increased mobility? Taking an anthropological approach with ethnographic data collected from Turkey and Armenia over the course of almost 10 years, this book focuses on themes of migration, human movement, community-making and the conditions that facilitate mobility and place-making. Looking at case studies ranging from bus and taxi drivers travelling between Armenia and Turkey to undocumented migrants deported from Turkey and now living in Armenian cities and Armenian residents of Istanbul, the author provides a vivid description of contemporary non-Muslim life in Turkey through the lives of Armenian Turkish citizens and undocumented migrants from Armenia, as well as Greek, Jewish and Kurdish communities. The author provides both a critical account of how historical and more contemporary forms of violence and structural discrimination have targeted Armenians in the country, and also focuses on the re-articulations and the appropriation of a sense of belonging by these and other minority communities.

Author Biography

Salim Aykut OEzturk holds a PhD in Anthropology from UCL, University of London, UK. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Armenia.