Gülay Türkmen

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Gülay Türkmen is a cultural sociologist at RWTH Aachen University. Her work examines how macro-scale historical, cultural and political developments inform questions of belonging and identity-formation in multicultural societies. Her research interests stand at the intersection of politics and religion, as they relate to questions of migration, diversity, pluralism, and citizenship. She is the author of Under the Banner of Islam? Turks, Kurds and the Limits of Religious Unity (Oxford University Press, 2021). She has published in several academic outlets including the Annual Review of Sociology, International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Qualitative Sociology, Sociological Quarterly, Nations and Nationalism, and New Diversities.

Session

  • … and Beyond

    * newG – Moderation * Çağla Diner & Gülay Türkmen –Becoming a Minority in Germany: How Skilled Migrants from Turkey Navigate Status and Identity