Politics of Ethnicity,
Identity and Religion: Turkish Muslims in Britain is a study of a micro-Muslim community in UK. This
book analyzes how Turkish identity is constructed in the diaspora through an
ethnographic study of the role of family, culture, organizations, and religious
groups in the reproduction and transmission of traditional values to the young
generation. This study informs students, academics, politicians and policy
makers in particular about the traditions, values, beliefs and cultural traits
of an ethnic community with a multicultural context. This book shows that
Turkish and Islamic identities are not fixed and Muslims and Europe do not have
a monolithic nature. There is a large diversity of perspectives and approaches
to Islam, which indicate that any essentializing of others as a fixed category
undermines pluralims and multiculturalism. The book also argues that there is
an emergent identity construction and a sense of belonging among young Muslims
who would like to see themselves as a permanent part of European civic culture
because their loyalty lies in where they live.
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