Exile or Forced Migration: The Latest Wave of Political Migration from Turkey to Germany (2015–2022)

It focuses on the dynamics of new political migration from Turkey to Germany after 2015 through in-depth interviews with deputies, mayors and political activists who were forced to emigrate to Germany due to the repression of the political regime in Turkey. The reason for the author’s conscious choice to start this new wave of political emigration with 2015 is that it is a turning point in the end of the peace process of the Kurdish question and the pressure on Kurdish politics. The author focuses both on the political activities of this new-wave political migration from Turkey before the migration and on the survival strategies of their interlocutors in Germany and whether they were able to continue their political activities.