Göçmen girişimciliğinde karşılaşılan zorluklar ve fırsatlar: Almanya'daki Türk göçmen girişimcileri

The purpose of this descriptive study was to give a clear idea about the field of entrepreneurship in Germany by Turkish immigrant entrepreneurs and investigate the barriers and obstacles faced by them, defining their main characteristics and their businesses' attributes, and how these barriers influenced their future perspective of their businesses and their plans. A quantitative approached based on a questionnaire investigating the above characteristics was employed. The author was able to gather 78 responses for the survey but only 58 were adequate to be analyzed. The data collected was analyzed by IBM SPSS using different statistical analysis. The results show that most Turkish entrepreneurs have entered Germany through the family reunion program and the second-largest group was born in Germany. Most of the participants are considerably educated; however, the largest number of them operate in the gastronomy, food trade, and health services industry. The results also show that most of the businesses have been operating for over 10 years, yet they have faced several barriers. Difficulty in finding good employees and acquiring sufficient financial support formed the greatest barrier. Yet, discrimination was the least barrier faced by the participants. The results also show that Turkish entrepreneurs are highly integrated into society, wherein they target several consumers from different ethnicities and backgrounds, emphasizing the importance of the German customers to their businesses as well.