'Felt like a fish out of water': second-generation Turkish-German returnees' narratives of educational (dis-)integrations and selective acculturation paths in Turkey.
This paper explores the impact of family return migration on the educational experiences of second-generation Turkish-German youth who relocated to their parental homeland. Drawing on life-story narratives from 32 second-generation returnees in Turkey, the paper examines their structural and sociocu...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 51; no. 17; pp. 4462 - 4483 |
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Oct2025
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