Türkiye'nin Bundestag'taki Türk kökenli Alman milletvekilleri tarafından temsiliyeti

This thesis investigates the representative patterns of the members of parliament (MPs) of Turkish origin in the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. Unlike earlier works on substantive representation by minority MPs, this study focuses on representative patterns on the country of origin rather than the immigrant minorities settled in the new country. The research aims to understand the framings of Turkey and to explain the reasons behind possible variances. Findings are based on a qualitative content analysis on the parliamentary work of German MPs of Turkish origin. Parliamentary questions submitted during the 18th (2013-2017) and 19th (2017-2019) legislative periods are analyzed to achieve this goal. The researcher aims to examine the role of the political party, ideology, gender identity and contingency as factors leading to variation in framings on the country of origin. It aims to understand how transnational ties shape and influence the framing and approach towards the country of origin. By departing from the available literature, it can be assumed that the MPs of Turkish origin can adopt moderate and/or positive framings towards their country of origin. However, the content analysis on parliamentary questions asked by those MPs reveals that the tone towards the country of origin is critical and varies by the content in the parliamentary question, gender, and even political ideology.