MIGRANT LITERATURE CREATED BY MIGRATIONS FROM TURKEY TO GERMANY
TÜRKİYE’DEN ALMANYA’YA YAPILAN GÖÇLERİN OLUŞTURDUĞU GÖÇMEN EDEBİYATI

Author : Dönüş CESUR YAŞAR
Number of pages : 439-450

Abstract

Migration is a concept which influences and changes the society. One of the most important migration which influenced Turkey is labor migration made to Germany. Labor migration started in 1961 from Turkey to Germany and an intensive migration movement of Turks took place, which was temporary in the beginning, then left its place to permanence. Eventually, Turks adopted a permanent settlement in Germany, influenced German society and were influenced by this change caused by migration. In this study, the Migrant Literature created by Turkish writers who live in Germany has been examined and it focuses on the historical development of labor migration from Turkey to Germany from 1961 to today in the prologue, After giving brief information about the migration phenomenon, its causes and results, Turkish Migrants who settled in Germany and Guest Worker's social structure in Germany has been examined and the language problems of Turkish citizens who lived in Germany has been mentioned. In this article, it is aimed to show the contribution of Turkish writers living in Germany to German Literature and the culture and language features in the works of migrant writers, written in Turkish or German, also some of the works of the Turkish writers who created Migrant Literature has been mentioned.

Keywords

Migrant, Labor Migrant, Guest Worker, Migrant Literature

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