The change in tradition among Turks in Germany: the example of Berlin

Abstract

About 200.000 Turks live in Berlin today. Therefore, Berlin is like a lab reflecting the socio-cultural conditions of Turkish community in Europe. This study is based on a questionarre applied to 600 people. The results have shown that some cultural values belonging to the Turkish culture have been sustained in a great extent, though some of them have changed. It has been observed that Turks in Berlin, beginning from the first generation, have been getting to adopt the life style in Germany, have approved integration, but they have rejected assimilation.