Jennifer A. Miller - Turkish Guest Workers in Germany: Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s

Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s

JENNIFER A. MILLER

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS

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University of Toronto Press 2018
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(German and European Studies)

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Miller, Jennifer A., 1976, author
Turkish guest workers in Germany : hidden lives and contested borders, 1960s to 1980s / Jennifer A. Miller.

(German and European studies ; 28)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4875-0232-4 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-4875-2192-9 (paper)

1. Foreign workers, Turkish Germany History 20th century. 2. Turks Germany Social conditions 20th century. 3. Turks Germany Economic conditions 20th century. I. Title. II. Series: German and European studies ; 28

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University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

The debt of gratitude I owe to individuals and institutions, near and far, spanning the last dozen years, is immeasurable. Attempting to thank everyone will fail, but I ask for understanding.

I would like to thank the following institutions for their generous funding: the American Research Institute in Turkey, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Rutgers Graduate SchoolNew Brunswick, the Institute of Turkish Studies, the New York University Kevorkian Center, the Princeton Office of Population Research, the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, and the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, with funds provided by the Free University of Berlin. The conclusions, opinions, and statements are my own and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions.

I am also indebted to multiple librarians, professors, and archivists across the globe. I am especially thankful for the archivists and scholars at the Documentation Center and Museum of Migration in Cologne, especially archivist Nina Matuszewski; the Archive of Social Movements in Bochum; the German National Archives in Koblenz; the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum; the History Foundation in Istanbul; the Institute of Migration and Intercultural Studies of Osnabrck University; and the German Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records, especially archivist Christel Tinz.

For their helpful comments, queries, inspiration, and support, I would like to thank the many seminars that allowed me to workshop various parts of the book: the 2003 Rutgers Modern European Seminar, especially Marc Matera, Cynthia Kreisel, and Kris Alexanderson; the 2003 Transatlantic Summer Institute Citizenship in Twentieth Century Germany, especially Winson Chu; the 20067 Berlin Program, especially Micheal Meng, J. Griffith Rollefson, and Nicholas Schlosser; the 2007 German Historical Institute Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar, especially Quinn Slobodan and William Morris; the 20078 Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Seminar, The Question of the West; and the 2011 Fulbright German Studies Summer Seminary, Ethnic Diversity and National Identity, especially Gillian Glaes and Amy Foerster.

I am also indebted to the Rutgers Graduate SchoolNew Brunswick for providing not only research support but also excellent cohorts of fellow thinkers, readers, and scholars across disciplines, who inspired and sustained me. For their advice on tricky translations, my gratitude goes to zlem Serdarolu, Dilan Mete, Merve Doruk, Pinar Gibbon, Derrick Miller, Elisabeth Ernst, and Karolina MayChu. For their wide-ranging and charitable support, I would like to express thanks to Teresa Delcorso, Jochen Hellbeck, Temma Kaplan, Laura Marhoefer, Peter Polak-Springer, and Horst and Regina Tacke. I am especially grateful for the support and scholarly council of Belinda Davis, whose encouragement, patience, and insightful advice, spanning years, has never wavered. Thank you.

My colleagues at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville have welcomed me, and my students make my job a joy. In addition, internal grants and a sabbatical provided the time and support to complete the book. I am also grateful to the many colleagues who thoughtfully listened to, read, and commented on drafts. I am very fortunate.

I am especially indebted to the external readers whose careful reading, thoughtful comments, and constructive criticism greatly improved the manuscript. For excellent editorial support I would like to thank Amy Benson Brown, Andrea Mongler, and Richard Ratzlaff. Of course, any errors are completely my own.

This book is dedicated to my parents, Margaret Waldrep Miller and Nathan Miller, whose brilliant minds and generous hearts inspired me to love learning and stay curious. My parents shaped who I have become with their lifelong support of my education and their encouragement to research, travel, and write. Though my father died as I was completing the books final editing, I know he would be proud.