A Study into the Turkish Community and Language as Their Indentity
I have chosen to conduct a study into the Turkish community and
language as their identity. As being Turkish myself, I have an
interest in this topical area and feel I have the ability to relate
and recognise some of the issues that will come out from it. Using my
own experiences, I feel I’ll have the certainty to understand and the
advantage of having the capability to relate to my respondents, to
build the necessary rapport.
Background Information
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The majority of Turkish citizens, from both Cyprus and mainland, came
to Britain in the late fifties and early sixties. They were the second
group to come over along with Greek Cypriots. Both these groups have
been more involved in Britain and more socially excepted than any
other group.
Similar to the Jewish community, the Turkish community have moved from
Haringey towards Enfield, easing the main concentration of them that
was once there. My local community has in fact taken a lot of
minorities, such as Turkish, where the arrival has been so high, there
are in fact now ‘Turkish areas’, e.g. Hackney, Dalston etc
Identity has become quite a talkative point in the past few years,
because of the great influx of asylum seekers, Turkish as well as
other minorities.
Secondary data on language- ‘Cypriots in Haringey’
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In any community it is natural that families speak their mother tongue
at home. The close-knit community such as the Turkish community has
further maintained this. Most parents desire for their children to be
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...h Open Evening- Interviews were to be taken place at
school 1830-2100.
Venue- sociology classroom. Teas and coffees to also be provided.
Gathered information from respondents and went home.
December 15th Studied data received from respondents. Highlighted
points made from them, similar answers etc. Roughly planned my
findings.
January 5th Continued working on and writing out my findings.
January 14th Wrote out a first draft to my coursework. Read and
checked what I had written-improved and added to it.
January 15th Typed up my coursework, adding important points that were
left from my draft.
January 16th Carried on typing up coursework.
January 17th Handed in to my English teacher to check any spelling/
grammatical errors.
January 20th Corrected any mistakes highlighted. Finished coursework.
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