Euro-Turks and Turkey-EU Relations: The Dutch Case

Migration and globalization have been transforming traditional demographic, economic, and political structures all around the world. Education, the mass media, and naturalization on the other hand, are creating new opportunity spaces for diaspora communities. In this ongoing process, migrants as transnational citizens have empowered their communities by establishing social networks and civil organizations, and through cultural and economic integration and political participation. Neither social scientists nor decision makers can ignore the potential influence of these communities on regional and international relations. In Euro-Turks and Turkey-EU Relations: The Dutch Case, Talip Küçükcan and Veyis Güngör address the challenges that diasporic communities face, and the opportunities they can create as far as strategic partnerships and international relations are concerned.