Editorial: Turkish migrants and their descendants in Austria Patterns of exclusion and individual and political responses

Authors

  • Wiebke Sievers The Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Vienna.
  • Ilker Ataç Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna
  • Philipp Schnell The Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Vienna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v11i3.222

Keywords:

Turkish immigrants, descendants, Austria, discrimination, exclusion

Abstract

Turkish immigrants and their descendants have become the main target of anti-immigrant political mobilization in Austria since the 1990s. They have come to epitomize the image of the Oriental enemy and the Muslim other. Based on these discursive constructions, Muslims in general, and Turks in particular, have often been described as unwilling to integrate into Austrian society. The articles in this special issue show not only that these discourses and exclusionary attitudes may result in discriminatory practices towards Turkish immigrants and their descendants in Austria, but also that the alleged unwillingness to integrate may be explained by the lack of effort made by the Austrian government and Austrian institutions to integrate this group.

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Published

2014-09-10

How to Cite

Sievers, W., Ataç, I., & Schnell, P. (2014). Editorial: Turkish migrants and their descendants in Austria Patterns of exclusion and individual and political responses. Migration Letters, 11(3), 263–274. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v11i3.222