Ulusaşırı alanların oluşumu ve vatandaşlıın yeniden düşünülmesi: Türkiye Musevi Cemaati örneği

This study presents an analysis on transnationalism literature with a focus on the impacts of emerging transnational social spaces. This thesis questions whether the Turkish Jewish community can be perceived as a transnational community due to its transnational ties and networks. Despite various studies available on non-Muslim minorities of Turkey and specifically on the Turkish Jewish community, this study will be the first to analyze the issue from the perspective of transnationalism. The history of Jewish existence in Turkey and the evolution of citizenship concept in the Turkish context will be discussed to define Turkish Jewish community as a transnational community. Additionally, the understanding of Turkish citizenship by the Jewish community, by the majority of the society and by the Turkish state will be a focus of this study in relation to its impacts on the transnational character of the community. In sum, the argument will be made that the Jewish community in Turkey has become a transnational community in the 21st century.