A Study into the Turkish Community and Language as Their Indentity

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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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