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Communication and Identity in the Diaspora: Turkish Migrants in Amsterdam and Their Use of Media by Christine Ogan (Hardcover, 2001)

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ISBN-13: 9780739102695, 978-0739102695. "If my feet are in Amsterdam, my head and heart are in Turkey.". This is the dilemma of the Turkish "guestworkers" in Christine Ogan's fascinating new work on the Netherland's migrant population.

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This work paints apicture of new Europeans torn between two cultures and the psychological effect of the media on a migrant's cultural orientation. Christine Ogan explores the impact Turkish media has had on the diasporic community, in Amsterdam, asthey stuggle to adapt to life in the west and attempt to redefine their personal an collective identity. The Turkish population in Amsterdam have immediate and pervasive access to information and entertainment from their country of birth. This work documents how the communication media available to migrants has enabled them to maintain a connection with their ethnic culture, a psychological comfort zone that minimizes estrangement from Turkey but exacerbates the separation from Dutch public life.