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Two seemingly opposing trends can be observed in the development of Turkish Islam in Europe. On the one hand the transnational field has been intensified and transformed, partly as the result of modern means of communication and the explosive growth of social media. On the other hand an increasing number of young Turkish Muslims are rooted in local society of residence, and organized Islam in Europe increasingly evolves according to its own dynamics, independent from Turkey. This is not a contradiction, but part of the contemporary global conditions. The Turkish-Islamic landscape should be approached as a transnational field that is structured not anymore by unequal migrant family networks stretching between two nation-states, but by multi-polar transnational networks and new senses of belonging sustained by modern media.
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© 2015 Thijl Sunier and Nico Landman
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Sunier, T., Landman, N. (2015). Conclusions, Dynamics, and Tendencies. In: Transnational Turkish Islam: Shifting Geographies of Religious Activism and Community Building in Turkey and Europe. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137394224_10
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