A GENERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL OUTLOOK OF THE EUROPEAN AND THE TURKISH MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES

Yıl 2008, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 3, 23 - 34, 01.12.2008

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Öz

This article intends to deal with the ethnic identity of different European and the Turkish ethnic groups in the United States. This study puts forward that various immigrants of different dates portray different attitudes and behaviours. Whereas these main groups uncompromiscd their traditional, cultural, sociologic, and religious values in the earlier dates of their immigration, later immigrant groups were relatively subject to the case of assimilation. Yet, these ethnic communities held festivals, walks, and introduced their cuisine cultures in order to express that they arc different from the other ethnic groups. There arc two different symbols for the American culture: “melting-pot” and “salad bowl.” Some of these European and the Turkish groups do not participate in the “melting-pot,” but prefer to be the different ingredients of the “salad bowl.”

Bu makalede, farklı Avrupalı toplulukların vc Türklcrin Amerika'daki etnik kimliği üzerinde durulmuştur. Çalışmada, farklı dönemlerde Amerika’ya göç eden göçmenlerin farklı davranışlar sergiledikleri görülmüştür. Amerika’ya göç ettikleri tarihlerin ilk dönemlerinde, bu grupların geleneksel, kültürel, sosyolojik ve dinsel değerlerinden ödün vermedikleri irdelenirken, daha sonraki kuşakların bu hassasiyeti büyük ölçüde gösteremedikleri, önceki gruplarla kıyaslandığında nispeten asimilasyona uğradıkları görülmüştür. Fakat, bazı Avrupalı topluluklar vc Türklcr diğer etnik topluluklardan farklı olduklarını sergileyebilmek amacıyla, birlikte düzenledikleri festivalleri, yürüyüşleri vc mutfak kültürlerini ön plana çıkarmışlardır. Dolayısıyla, bazı Avrupalı topluluklar vc Türklcr “Ergime Potası’na” karışma yerine “Salata Kasesi’ne” katılmayı tercih etmişlerdir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Europeans , Turks , The United States , Ethnic Identity , AvrupalIlar , Türklcr , Amerika Birleşik Devletleri , Etnik Kimlik.

A GENERAL SOCIO-CULTURAL OUTLOOK OF THE EUROPEAN AND THE TURKISH MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES

Öz

This article intends to deal with the ethnic identity of different European and the Turkish ethnic groups in the United States. This study puts forward that various immigrants of different dates portray different attitudes and behaviours. Whereas these main groups uncompromiscd their traditional, cultural, sociologic, and religious values in the earlier dates of their immigration, later immigrant groups were relatively subject to the case of assimilation. Yet, these ethnic communities held festivals, walks, and introduced their cuisine cultures in order to express that they arc different from the other ethnic groups. There arc two different symbols for the American culture: “melting-pot” and “salad bowl.” Some of these European and the Turkish groups do not participate in the “melting-pot,” but prefer to be the different ingredients of the “salad bowl.”


Bu makalede, farklı Avrupalı toplulukların vc Türklcrin Amerika'daki etnik kimliği üzerinde durulmuştur. Çalışmada, farklı dönemlerde Amerika’ya göç eden göçmenlerin farklı davranışlar sergiledikleri görülmüştür. Amerika’ya göç ettikleri tarihlerin ilk dönemlerinde, bu grupların geleneksel, kültürel, sosyolojik ve dinsel değerlerinden ödün vermedikleri irdelenirken, daha sonraki kuşakların bu hassasiyeti büyük ölçüde gösteremedikleri, önceki gruplarla kıyaslandığında nispeten asimilasyona uğradıkları görülmüştür. Fakat, bazı Avrupalı topluluklar vc Türklcr diğer etnik topluluklardan farklı olduklarını sergileyebilmek amacıyla, birlikte düzenledikleri festivalleri, yürüyüşleri vc mutfak kültürlerini ön plana çıkarmışlardır. Dolayısıyla, bazı Avrupalı topluluklar vc Türklcr “Ergime Potası’na” karışma yerine “Salata Kasesi’ne” katılmayı tercih etmişlerdir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Europeans , Turks , The United States , Ethnic Identity , AvrupalIlar , Türklcr , Amerika Birleşik Devletleri , Etnik Kimlik.

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