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Transnational Mobilization of Future Generations by Non-Democratic Home States: Turkey’s Diaspora Youth between Empowerment and Co-optation
Böcü, Gözde; Baser, Bahar
Abstract
While many aspects of state-diaspora relations have been explored, the role that youth play in state-led diaspora outreach remains under-researched in the literature. Democratic and nondemocratic states alike, however, actively target diaspora youth for a variety of reasons. In this article, we explore how and why a non-democratic state like Turkey engages with its perceived diaspora youth by focusing on the AKP regimes’ recent engagement within its European diasporas as a case study. We argue that the AKP regime has proactively bolstered transnational youth engagement policies over the last decade with the goal of creating a loyal diaspora that will serve the regime in the long run. We show that selected diaspora youth are not only empowered, but also co-opted and mobilized by the regime to ensure continued influence in the diaspora – ultimately to incorporate them into authoritarian consolidation efforts back home and to turn them into assets that lobby host country governments.
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Böcü, G., & Baser, B. (2024). Transnational Mobilization of Future Generations by Non-Democratic Home States: Turkey’s Diaspora Youth between Empowerment and Co-optation. Ethnopolitics, 23(1), 34-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2022.2101758
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 12, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 9, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2024-01 |
Deposit Date | Jul 13, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 12, 2022 |
Journal | Ethnopolitics |
Print ISSN | 1744-9057 |
Electronic ISSN | 1744-9065 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 34-58 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2022.2101758 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1197811 |
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