Isolation, "integration" und city-hass literatur von Türkmen in Deutschland

ABSTRACT In Germany, Turkish literature has emerged as a new literature which is both in Turkish and German. While it has been considered as the product of Germany from Turkish point of view, German critics in Germany have viewed it as a"marginal literature". The purpose of this study is to dwell on the details of this literature emerged in Germany in terms of its conditions of coming forth, subject matters, and its place and importance in German literature. Books, magazines, news papers and internet, in general, have been made use of for this study. Through this study, it has been put forward that such a literature is not a marginal one as claimed by German critics; whereas, it is well understood that it plays a very crucial role in integrating Turkish minority living there and improving their intellectual development. This literature has enriched German literature in terms of language, subject matter, expression plenitude and new motives. Whatsmore, this literature will have a ray of hope considering the future development of it. The aim of this study, then, is to put forward the place and importance of Turkish literature and, necessarily, to reinforce the interaction and communication between cultures by introducing this literature in German Language Departments in Turkey. Ill