*EMIGRATION & immigration, *ETHNIC groups, *NATURALIZATION policy, *MUSLIMS in non-Islamic countries, GERMAN politics & government, 1990-, GERMAN history, 1990-
Abstract
This paper presents statistical and qualitative data on the response of Turkish immigrants and their descendants living in Germany to the changes in the German citizenship 'reform' of 1999. My findings suggest that the effects of the new citizenship and naturalisation regulations on Turkish immigrants were mediated by their generational status and the time period in which they arrived or were raised in Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]