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1 TURKISH MIGRATION CONFERENCE 2015 PROGRAMME June JUNE 2015 THURSDAY REGISTRATION DESK OPEN twitter.com/tp_london 09:45-10:00 WELCOMING SPEECHES Dr Inna Cabelkova, Conference co-chair, Faculty of Humanities,, Czech Republic Dr Wadim Strielkowski, Conference co-chair, Department of Journalism,, Czech Republic Prof Dr Ibrahim Sirkeci, Conference Chair, Regent s Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent s University London, UK 10:00-12:00 PLENARY SESSION A: Theory and practice of international migration Chair: Ibrahim Sirkeci, Regent s University London, UK Douglas S. Massey, Princeton University, US International Migration in Theory and Practice Caroline B. Brettell, Southern Methodist University, US Entering the Public Sphere: The Citizenship Practices of US Immigrants 12:00-13:20 LUNCH

2 3TP 73TP Turkish Migration Conference June 2015, PRAGUE 13:20-15:20 Session 1A Session 1B Session 1C Session 1D Integration Processes Chair: Sinan Zeyneloğlu, Gaziantep Tolga Sakman. Turks in German Political Life: Effects of Turkish Origin Politicians to Integration 157 Haci-Halil Uslucan. Psychological Processes of Acculturation of Turkish/Muslims in Germany 116 Apostolos G. Papadopoulos and Loukia-Maria Fratsea. Facets of African Immigrants Mobility in Greece: Between Transnationalism and Integration 106 Deniz Coşan-Eke. Embodiment of Recognizing Differences: Alevis in Germany Pinar Yazgan and Ibrahim Sirkeci. Migrant Narratives and Conflict Business, Economics and Immigrants Göç ve Edebiyat Syrian Movers in Chair: Wadim Strielkowski, Chair: Yakup Çelik, Yıldız Chair: Deniz Eroğlu, Trakya, Czech Technical Republic 144 Kadir Karagöz. Migration Trade Nexus Revisited: Evidence from Turkish Migrants in OECD Countries 70 Anlam Filiz. Production of Turkishness in Relation to Small Food Businesses in Germany 6TP Yağmur Özyer, Alper Değerli, Başak Değerli, Ebru Gözükara. Analyzing the Shopping Expenses of Turks While Abroad within the Context of Credit Card Usage 5TP Alper Değerli, Başak Değerli, Nevin Karabıyık, Aytaç Uğur Yerden. Measuring Attitudes towards Augmented Reality Practices on Transnational Consumers 125 Hasan Akça. Analysing Turkish Labour Migration to Europe via SWOT and STEPLEE 59 Nesime Ceyhan Akça. Menekşe Toprak ın Öykülerinde Almanya'ya Göç ün Farklı Yüzleri 62 Polat Sel. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Romanlarında Ekonomik Nedenlere Bağlı İç Göçe Dair Bir Tahlil Denemesi 68 Fatma Rodoplu. Orta Asya dan Balkanlara Son Türk Göçünü Gerçekleştiren Peçenek, Uz ve Kumanların Göç Yolları ve Kültürel Etkileri 137 Pınar Aka. Yahya Kemal de Yolculuk ve Şiirin Varoluş Serüveni 33 Yılmaz Buktel. Göç Yollarında Ulaşım Araçları (1968 Öncesinde) 8 Arife Karadağ. Refugees of a City : The Socio-Spatial Impacts of Those Syrian Refugees Who Arrived in Izmir () 73 Pınar Cereb. The Role of the Ngos in the Field of Refugee Protection in in the Light of Ongoing Relations with the State 92 Filiz Göktuna Yaylacı and Mine Karakuş. Perceptions about Refugees in : an Evaluation on Newspaper Coverage of Syrian Refugees 147 Veli Duyan, Elif Gökçearslan Çifci, Fulya Akgül Gök and Ezgi Arslan. Effects of Problems of Pre-Migration and Post- Migration Processes on Syrian Women Refuges Mental Health 149 Elif Gökçearslan Çifci, Münevver Göker, Tuba Yüceer Kardeş. Future Expectations of Young Syrian Immigrants and Their Social Support Perceptions 2

3 15:20-15:40 BREAK 15:40-17:10 Session 2A Session 2B Session 2C Session 2D Europe in Turkish Migration Policy Chair: Ali Çağlar, Hacettepe 129 Bianca Kaiser and Ayhan Kaya. The Transformation and Europeanization of Migration Policy in : Multiculturalism, Republicanism and Alignment 41 Ülkü Sezgi Sözen. EU- Readmission Agreement: Not A"Carrot" But More A "?" 111 Ela Gökalp Aras. A Multi-Level Analysis of the European Union Immigration and Asylum Policy Concerning Irregular Transit Migration and its Implications for 81 Birce Demiryontar. Europeanisation and Turkish Migration Policy Reform: From Accession to Policy Conditionality Irregular Migration and Remittances Göç ve Sürgün Edebiyatı Migrant Identity Chair: Philip L. Martin, U. of Chair: Ali Tilbe, Namık Kemal Chair: Besim Can Zırh, Middle California Davis, USA East Technical 95 Özlen Çelebi. Why Do The Norms Matter in Struggling with Irregular Migration at Sea? The Case of Boat People on the Aegean 76 Oğuz Alyanak. The Social Life of Remittance Houses: Scenes from Rural Kayseri 7 Arife Karadağ. A Geographical Assesment on Human Smuggling across 30TP Fethiye Tilbe, Ibrahim Sirkeci, Selmin Kaşka. Irregularity in Remittances by Turks in London 141 Figen Günerdilek. Onlar da İnsandı: Acar Cengiz Dağcı ve Kasimali Bayalinov un İzinde Zorunlu Göçlerle Sürgün Edilmiş Hayatlar 97 Hülya Bayrak Akyıldız. Language and Identity Perception in Nazım Hikmet's Poetry During Exile Years 126 Yakup Çelik. Sürgünün Getirdikleri: Yezidin Kızı Sürgün Nilgün Romanlarında Göç ve Sürgünün İzleri 143 Gülsüm Killi Yılmaz. Sibirya'dan Sürgün Edilen Bir Şair: Anempodist İvanoviç Sofronov (Alampa) ve Babama Mektup Şiiri 4 Karolina Nikielska-Sekula. Towards the Signs of Turkish Ethnic Identity in a Midsize Norwegian City 114 Manfred Zentner. Identity Building in Youth Cultures 117 Ayşenur Talat Zilli. The Multidimensionality of Migration 17:10-17:30 BREAK 3

4 17:30-19:00 Session 3A Session 3B Session 3C Session 3D Session 3E Integration, Harmonization, Family Formation and Migration Policy and Marginalization Chair: Özlen Çelebi, Hacettepe University, 78 Ali Cağlar. A Comparative Study of Turkish Migrants in Germany, France, and Switzerland 87 Gülay Uğur Göksel. Post- Immigration Policies in : Integration Versus Harmonization 142 Nevin Altıntop. The notion of integration and economic aspects in the German discourse of a culturally sensitive elderly care 85 Han Nicolaas and Farhana Rahman. First Generation Turkish Migrants in the Netherlands: Strong Ties between Region of Origin And Place of Residence Migration Chair: Dilek Cindoğlu, Mardın Artuklu University, 115 Sherria Ayuandini and Oğuz Alyanak. The Fear of "What They Say": How Gossip Regulates Sexual Exploration among Turkish Migrants in Europe 93 Besim Can Zırh and Didem Yıldırım. Changing Patterns of Migration Through Marriage: A Case Study of the Route from Konya to North Europe. 46TP Dilek Cindoğlu. Wars and Brides Dünden Bugüne Göç Chair: Güven Şeker, Manisa Celal Bayar University 155 Ramazan Temel and Hülya Yeşilyurt Temel. İç Göçün Sosyal Dışlanma Boyutunda İncelenmesi Manisa İli Alan Araştırması 17TP 29TP Birol Kovancılar. Bir Küresel Kamu Mali Olarak Mülteci Sorunu Mustafa Ökmen, Güven Şeker. Mahalli Yönetimlerde Yabancılar: Sorunlar ve Çözüm Önerileri 159 Remziye Okkar. İlkçağda Balkanlardan Yapılan Göçler ve Etkileri Perceptions Chair: Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya University, 25 N. Aslı Şirin Öner and Deniz Genç. Continuity or Change in s Migration Policy: From 1989 Émigrés to Syrian Guests 91 Mehmet Gökay Özerim. The Political Economy of Anti- Immigration and the Syrian Refugees in 18TP A. Zafer Sağıroğlu. The fundamental parameters of new Turkish migration policy and management 110 Zeynep Şahin Mencütek and Ela Gökalp Aras. Coping with Mass Influxes: `s Management of 1991 Iraqi and On- Going Syrian Refugee Crises Internal Migration Chair: Sinan Zeyneloğlu, Gaziantep 30 Murat Öztürk, Joost Jongerden and Beşir Topaloğlu. Reasons of Internal Migration and Effects on Socio- Economic and Rural Space 86 Aysegül Kayaoğlu Yılmaz. The Impact of Internal Migration on Crime 130/ 10TP Yaprak Civelek. Language Trouble within Ethnic Households: "Never Speak Their Mother Tongue Near Children!" 23 Ulas Bayraktar, Nilgün Kiper, Burak Beyhan, Ali Cenap Yoloğlu, Hakan Erkılıç and Joseph Szyliowicz. Erdemli: A Scene of Different Kinds and Layers of Internal Immigration in 4

5 FRIDAY 26 JUNE :00-10:30 Session 4A Session 4B Session 4C Session 4D Return Movements Circassian Diaspora Kamu Yönetimi Açısından Göç Gender and Sexuality Chair: Ela Gökalp Aras, Gediz Chair: Ulaş Sunata, Bahçeşehir Chair: Mustafa Miynat, Manisa Chair: M. Murat Yüceşahin, Celal Bayar Ankara 10 Line Neerup Handlos. Understanding the Role of Health Matters in Return Migration: Why Do Elderly, Chronically Ill Bosnians Return Migrate? 63 Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek. Migrants from a Western Anatolian Mountain Village 64 Filiz Künüroğlu, Kutlay Yağmur, Fons Van De Vijver and Sjaak Kroon. Causes of Return Migration by Turks from Western Europe 135 Mehmet Emin Sönmez. A Study on Relationship of Syrian Immigrants in with Their Tendency of Returning to Their Home Country 21TP 22TP Bahar Ayça Okçuoğlu. An Evaluation from Circassian Diaspora: The Kurdish People Example. Elbruz Umut Aksoy. Circassian Slavery During the Ottoman and the Republican Periods. 158 Caner Yelbaşı. The Circassians in : From the Empire to the Nation State 202 Lars Funch Hansen. Icircassia : Digital Capitalism and New Transnational Identities 12 Sibel Selim, Sibel Aybarç Bursalıoğlu, Rıdvan Keskin and Hasan Selim. Türkiye deki İllerin Gelişmişlik Göstergelerinin Göç Üzerine Etkisinin İncelenmesi 156 Müslim Demir. Türkiye deki Yabancıların Sosyal Güvenlik Hakları 154/ 9TP 12TP Tülin Canbay. Yeni Göç Hareketleri Perspektifinde Türkiye deki Sığınmacılara Yönelik Kamusal Hizmetler Öznur Akyol, Deniz Alçin Şahintürk, Mustafa Miynat Zorunlu Bulgaristan Göçünün Ekonomik ve Mali Yönünün İncelenmesine Yönelik Ampirik Bir Araştırma 101 Deniz Özalpman. Why Grounded Theory Matters in Migration Studies? The Case of Migrant Women of and Domestic Violence 28 Özge Kaytan. Gendered Citizenship: Experiences and Perceptions of the Bulgarian Turkish Immigrant Women 131 Caterine Galaz Valderrama. Corporeality and Migration: Psychosocial Effects of Social Interventions in Immigrant Women 10:30-10:50 BREAK 5

6 10:50-12:20 Session 5A Session 5B Session 5C Session 5D Counter-Hegemonic Migrant Spaces, Place-Making and Resistance Demographic Analysis of Migration Yeni Göç Eğilimleri Migration in Literature Chair: Tahire Erman, İhsan Dogramaci Bilkent University, Ankara, 98 Didem Kılıçkıran. Home-Making as Resistance 4TP 8TP Ülkü Güney. The Rebellious Neighborhood and Gentrification Tahire Erman. Gecekondus as Counter-Hegemonic Spaces and the Question of Resistance to Gecekondu Transformation Projects Chair: Yaprak Civelek, İstanbul Arel 32 M. Murat Yüceşahin and Samir Kc. Demographic and Human Capital Heterogeneity in Selected Provinces of : A Scenario Analysis Using Multi-Dimensional Population Projection Model 50 Dalkhat Ediev and M. Murat Yüceşahin. Analyzing the Contribution of Migration to Replacement of Population in and Across 152 Ayşe Gedik. Rural-to-Urban Migration in from 1965 to 2000 Chair: M. Rauf Kesici, Regent s University London, UK 140 Tuncay Bilecen. Zorunluluk mu, Gönüllü mü? Türkiye den BK a Yeni Göç Dalgası: Ankara Anlaşması 16TP 14TP 26TP Emine Akman. Eğitim İçin Türkiye ye Gelen Uluslararası Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Uyum Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi Betül Dilara Şeker, Halil İbrahim Bahar. Türkiye ye Yönelik Uluslararası Emekli Göçü: Problem ve Fırsatlar Hakan Aracı, Coşkun Çılbant, Uğur Bilgen. Türkiye de Ekonomik Kalkınmanın Bölgesel Göçlere Etkisi. Chair: Ali Tilbe, Namık Kemal 49 Başak Akar, Melike Güngör and Özge Öz Döm. The Event of Bulgarian Migration and The Discourses of Nationalism and Woman in Ahmet Er s Theater Script 103 Esin Gülsen, Erdem Çolak, Selen Yamak. Tracing Deep Scars Of 1915 in Art and Literature 107 Farangis Ghaderi. Imagining Homeland: Gender and Kurdish National Discourse 124 Nazlı Gündüz. Lost Ground: A Story of Migration from the Pen of Murat Işık 12:20-14:00 LUNCH 6

7 14:00-16:00 PLENARY SESSION B: Roundtable: New Avenues in Migration Scholarship Chair: Gudrun Biffl, Danube University Krems, Austria Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, US Philip L. Martin, University of California Davis, US Ibrahim Sirkeci, Regent s University London, UK 16:00-16:20 BREAK 16:20-18:20 Session 6A Session 6B Session 6C Session 6D Migration and Religious Identity Kamu Hizmetleri ve Göç Türkiye'de Göç ve İşgücü Piyasaları Integration and Identity Chair: Gökay Özerim, Yaşar Chair: Deniz Eroglu, Trakya University, Chair: Saniye Dedeoğlu, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Chair: Welat Zeydanlioglu, Kurdish Studies Network, Sweden 80 Yakup Çoştu and Elif Büşra Kocalan. Turkish Mosques in Britain as a Religious Socialization Agent 134 Ernst Fürlinger. Conflicts over Mosque Constructions by Turkish-Muslim Organizations in Austria 96 Esma Durugönül. Migration, Identity and Islam in Europe 1 İnci Aksu Kargın. Transnational Islamic Movements 102 Irmak Evren. A Transnational Actor: Monsieur Imam 100 Güven Şeker Rıdvan Keskin. Van İlinde Yaşayan İranlı Şartlı Mültecilerin Sosyo- Demografik Özellikleri Bakımından Kamu Hizmetlerinden Memnuniyet ve Uyumlarının İstatistiksel Analizi 66 Fikret Elma ve Ahmet Şahin. Suriye den Türkiye ye göç ve temel sorunsal alanları 15TP Güven Şeker, Mustafa Ökmen. Türkiye de Belediyelerin Yabancılara Yönelik Hizmet Sunumu: Sorunlar ve Çözüm Önerileri 136 Sibel Aybarç Bursalıoğlu. Küresel Kamusal Açmaz: Suriyeli Mülteciler ve Türkiye 2TP Füsun Gökalp. Yabancı Ülkelerden Türkiye ye Göç Eden Kişilerin Çalışma ve Sigortalılık Durumları 1TP Mehmet Rauf Kesici. Londra da Çalışan Türkiyeli Göçmenlerin Çalışma Süreleri ve Sosyal İlişkileri 71 Kuvvet Lordoğlu. Beş Sınır Kenti ve İşgücü Piyasalarında Değişim: Gülşen Gerşil. Türkiye nin Göç Gerçeği ve İşgücü Piyasaları Açısından Değerlendirilmesi 74 Zuhal Karagöz. Identity and Community Building through Political Commitment. Case of Kurdish Migrants from in Marseille, France 77 Necla Açık, Jonathan Spencer, Jo Deakin and Claire Fox. The Well-Being of Young Kurdish and Turkish Migrant Men in Europe 57 Michael Murad. Kurdish Community in the Czech Republic and its Transnational Practice 37 Maria Six-Hohenbalken. Transnational Spaces between Dersim and Vienna 7

8 SATURDAY 27 JUNE :30-11:00 Session 7A Session 7B Session 7C Between Naturalization and Irregularity: Migrants and (Il)legal Membership in Politics and Migration Integration and Identity Chair: Barbara Pusch, Orient Institut, Istanbul, 42 Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu and Dilek Çınar. Migration and Citizenship: The Case of 40 Michelle Dromgold. Migration Policy and Migration Management of Syrians in Chair: Ali Çağlar, Hacettepe University, 26 Nalan Soyarık Şentürk. External Voting: 2014 Presidential Elections of 108 Ethem Çoban. Combatant or Civilian? Paramilitary Organizations in and International Humanitarian Law Chair: Saniye Dedeoğlu, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman 3 Marketa Seidlova. The Integration of Immigrants in Rural Communities: The Case of Turks in France 67 Ciğdem Bozdağ. Mapping Turkish Minority Media in Germany: Towards a More Diverse Diasporic Mediascape 39 Barbara Pusch. Dual Citizenship and Other Modes of Legal Membership in the Transnational German-Turkish Space: Notes from 14 Yücel Kemal Vural, Başak Ekenoğlu and Sertaç Sonan. Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Immigration to Northern Cyprus 24 K. Onur Unutulmaz. Diasporic Identities in Ethnic Community Football: Case of Turkish and Kurdish Leagues in London 75 Ayşe Parla. Migrant Women's Labor, Gendered Morality and Law 84 Zübeyit Gün. Mental Health and Political Engagement in Context of Diaspora 99 Hasan Sankır. Place Attachment Effects of Urban Belonging on the Tendency to Migrate: Case of Zonguldak 11:00-11:20 BREAK 8

9 11:20-12:50 Session 8A Session 8B Session 8C Session 8D Integration in Europe Migrants of Istanbul Göç ve Edebiyat Chair: Johanna Kint, LUCA School Chair: Yaprak Civelek, Istanbul Arel Chair: Cengiz Tüsgil, Trakya of Arts Brussels, Belgium 2 Andrea Gerstnerova and Altay Manço. Migrant Associations and Economic Integration. Example of Turkish, Sub-Saharan and Balkan Minorities in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Czech Republic 20TP Saniye Dedeoğlu, Serap Özen. Migrant Women's Social Integration: The Case of Turkish Ethnic Economy in London 24TP Sherene Özyürek, Rodger Fernandez. Combatting Fraud as a Disincentive of an Unintended Economic Migrant: a Comparative o the Direct Turkish Model and the Indirect Australian Model. 43 Johanna Kint. Sharing Bread in the Local Brussels Vicinity 47 Didem Kılıçkıran. Expat Home- Making: A Discussion on Identities and Home-Making Practices in the Case of Expat European Women in Istanbul 113 Georgia Mavrodi. Greek Migrants in Istanbul 89 Nevena Gojkovic Turunz. Child- Rearing Practices within Mixed European-Turkish Families in Istanbul: Setting Symbolic Boundaries 79 Karol Kaczorowski. Construction of Ethnic Identity among Young Kurdish Voluntary Migrants in Istanbul 121 Ayla Kaşoğlu. Göçmen Bir Yazar Olan Murat Tuncel in Kaleminden Maviydi Adalet Sarayı ve Gölge Kız 105 Mevhibe Coşar. Bir Kiyamet Provasi: Göçe Sürgün Hayatlar 58 Aynur Özgür and Cengiz Tüsgil. Nazmi Adalı nın Feryatlarım Gözyaşlarım Adlı Şiir Kitabında Göç Olgusu Conflict and Politics in Kurdish Migration Chair: Necla Açık, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 104 Sevin Gülfer Sağnıç. Contributor or Barrier: Role of the Kurdish Diaspora in s European Union Accession Process 35 Kevin Smets. Media Use and Understandings of Conflict: Turkish and Kurdish Adolescents and Young Adults in London and Istanbul 122 Petr Kubálek. Under the Surface. A History of Czech Interest in the Kurds 132 Wendelmoet Hamelink. Gendered Experiences of War, Displacement, and Statelessness. A Kurdish Family on the Run. 12:50-14:10 LUNCH 9

10 14:10-16:10 PLENARY SESSION C: Göç ve Edebiyat Chair: Ali Tilbe, Namık Kemal Ali Tilbe, Namık Kemal Üniversitesi & Regent s University London (28TP) Türk Göç Yazını Üzerine Bir Bakış Nedim Gürsel, CNRS, France (200) İki Arada Bir Deredeki Türkün İç Çekişi Füsun Bilir Ataseven, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi (54) Arafta Üretilen Yazınsal Metinler Seza Yılancıoğlu, Galatasaray Üniversitesi (123) Günümüzde Göç Edebiyatı Nedir? 14:10-16:10 Session PSD Spatial productions of the social: identity, class and power Chairs: Joost Jongerden, Wageningen University, Netherlands and Bediz Yılmaz, Mersin 21 Cenk Saraçoğlu. The Continuing Relevance of Class Analysis in Understanding Kurdish Migration: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 44 Ayşe Seda Yüksel. Waiting for Investments: The Out-Migration of Business Classes from Diyarbakır 60 Ali Ekber Doğan: Kurdi Municipalism: The Pendulum Between The Hegemony of Neoliberalism-Islamism and Processes of War-Negotiation? 18 Bediz Yılmaz. Spatial Segregation and Politics of Equilibrium in Mersin: Unintended Consequences of Forced Migration 15 Joost Jongerden. Return without going back 16:10-16:30 BREAK 10

11 16:30-18:00 Session 9A Session 9B Session 9C Session 9D Public Opinion and Syrian Movers Edebiyatta Göç ve Kimlik Education and Migration Identity in Kurdish Migration Chair: Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya Chair: Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli Chair: M. Murat Yüceşahin, Chair: Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, Ankara Kurdish Studies Network, 34 Deniz Genç and Merve Özdemirkıran. Local Perceptions on Syrian Migration to : A Case Study of Istanbul Neighborhoods 83 Nazlı Sıla Cesur and Deniz Eroğlu. Anti-Immigrant Discourse towards Syrians in : A Neglected Dimension of Syrian Crisis 127 Juliette Tolay. as a Host Country: Turkish Public Opinion towards Syrian Refugees and Domestic Politics 65 Pınar Güzelyürek Çelik and Lale Özcan. Edebiyatta Göçmen Kimliğine Sıradışı Bir Bakış: Kati Hirşel 145 İsmail Güllü. Göçmen Edebiyatında Din ve Kimlik Yansımaları - Fakir Baykurt un Yarım Ekmek Romanında Din ve Gelenek 55 Hülya Yılmaz and Füsun Ataseven. Melezlik ve Bir Eğretileme Olarak Çeviri: Amin Maalouf un Eserlerinde Kimlik, Aidiyet ve Melezlik Gibi Kavramlar Üzerinde Etnometodolojik Bir İnceleme 109 Cahit Kahraman and İlhan Güneş. Tuna Dergisi ve Göç Edebiyatına Bir Bakış -Yazar ve Şair Zahit Güney in Göç ile İlgili Yazıları Üzerine- 32TP Hakan Kılıç. Return Migration of Highly Skilled Turkish Origin from Austria to 5 Serkan Baykuşoğlu and Orhan Ağırdağ. Educational Achievement of Turkish Immigrants Children in Europe: A Comparative Study of United Kingdom and Belgium 6 Aslıgül Aysel and Serkan Baykuşoğlu. How Education System and Schooling Affect Immigrant Turkish Families' Children on Their Achievement: Comparison of Germany and United Kingdom 9 Demet Arpacık. Kurdish American Students and Parents in Nashville Public Schools: Challenges, Needs, Experiences, and Expectations Sweden 151 Sinan Zeyneloğlu, Ibrahim Sirkeci and Yaprak Civelek. Interregional Migration and Language Shift among s Ethnic Kurds 48 Şemsa Özar. As If All Life Had Vanished... The Return of Kurdish Villagers to Their Hometowns 38 Mediya Rangi. Ethnolinguistic Repression of Kurds: A Narrative Ethnography 112 Berivan Erbil. Understanding Empowering Effects of the Kurdish Diaspora on Women s Agency: An Ontological Paradox 19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner and Best Paper Prizes Plzenska Restaurant Chair: Prof Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA Presentation of Best Paper Prizes 11

12 Conference Venue Maps (illustrative purposes only) Plzenska Restaurant is very close to Náměstí Republiky Metro station. Jinonice campus is only a few minutes walk From Jinonice Metro station which is 5-6 stops from the city centre. All conference rooms are located on the ground floor of Humanities building in Jinonice. Conference Dinner venue Conference venue: Jinonice Campus 12