Göç, Toplumsal Değişme ve Din: Avrupa’ya Göç eden Türkler Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme

Problems faced by Turks who migrated to Europe with regard to their ethnic and religion and the function of religion to cope with such kind of problems have been a focus of sociological studies for a sometime. It is seen that Turks who migrated to Europe tend to stay there not for temporary, as perhaps initially they intended to, but permanently. As it can be traced in the studies conducted so far, religion and religious institutions generally play a uniting function. However, it is also observed that this uniting function may also play segregating and contradictory roles in relations with native people. In addition to these economic as well as socio cultural problems which Turks living in Europe encounter they also have to cope with such problems regarding to the practice of religion as the recognition of their religions by the state, lack of religious institutions and staff providing religious education, allocation of the worship places or preserving the present ones. In this study these subjects will be discussed in the light of related literature and the observations by the author.