Struggling for Recognition

<p> As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkish immigrant population. In a departure from the current debate on identity and diaspora Sökefeld offers a rich account of the emergence and institutionalization of the Alevi movement in Germany giving particular attention to its politics of recognition within Germany and in a transnational context. The book deftly combines empirical findings with innovative theoretical arguments and addresses current questions of migration diaspora transnationalism and identity.</p>