Turkish food culture and transcultural studies: Research about relationship between tradition and modernity and eating behaviour of individuals in Germany

Abstract

Almanya'da yaşayan 3. nesil türklerin tüketim alışkanlıkları ve yemek yemek alışkanlınlarını konu alan akademik bir araştırma.

This study analyzes the personal narratives on to observe the habits of the third-generation Turks living in Germany and the Turks who settled here later, based on Turkish and Turkish eating habits. In this thesis, I am using the method of narrative analysis. Their narratives are approached as a part of transnational spaces. Therefore, this study shows how personal narratives on issues such as Turkish food culture and migration foodscapes for third-generation Turks in Germany. Generally, the contents related to food culture in research on this subject, we can see Turkish food culture, and how it affects its relationship with society and daily life. While locating personal narratives into the complex ground of transnational space, what is shown in the analysis cannot be generalized to a broader population or used for testing hypotheses. This study instead explains interviewees' preferences in daily life, traditions, and attitudes, which they exhibit between modernity and expresses personal opinions about Turkish cuisine in Germany with migration foodscapes. In this work, tradition represents Turkish cuisine, while modernity represents Germany and other culinary cultures.