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This paper examines the influence of high and low context communication on the behavior of using impression management tactics of Turkish people who returned from Austria and Germany. The study's hypotheses have been tested on 51 employees working in Turkey. Data of the study was collected through an online survey. Reliability analyses have been performed and scales proved reliable. Statistical relationships have been tested with Pearson correlation analyses. Following the results of the study, it could be determined that there is a statistical relationship between communication style and impression management positively at the high context dimension and negatively at the low context dimension. Another meaningful finding of the study occurred by conducting the paired-samples t-test. Turkish employees who came from Austria and Germany on the one hand perceived Austria and Germany with low context and low impression management tactics, on the other hand, they detected Turkey with high context and much engagement in impression management tactics. The results of the study show that low-context communication is preferred in Germany and Austria and high context communication in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the findings of a comparative qualitative study of Turks who migrated to Istanbul from elsewhere in the country, and Turks who immigrated to Berlin. The main objective of the study is to describe and explain the segregation process affecting Turks in both cities. As the paper focuses on the process of segregation, the article follows the three basic stages along which the history of Turkish (im)migration to Germany and Istanbul has proceeded: the labour migrant stage, the family reunification stage and the settlement stage. Voices of (im)migrants are presented throughout the paper by reflecting their perceptions, values, experiences and dilemmas. The paper argues that internal differences within immigrant groups deserve more attention in order to better understand why some of them, despite being able to afford it, do not move out of concentration areas for better housing opportunities. In this context, the paper focuses on the internal cultural differentiation of Turkish migrants in Istanbul and Turkish immigrants in Berlin, with particular reference to their highly divergent religious understandings. We argue that conservatism—especially when it takes its roots from Islamism—has played an important role in shaping the residential preferences and choices of individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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]