TASD study

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The TASD study (“Turkish Academics and Students in Germany”) is the most comprehensive social study to date , which for the first time collects and analyzes the attitudes, habits and attitudes of the Turkish educated elite in Germany . By January 2010 the study appeared in two parts.

Initiator and supporter

The initiator of the TASD study is the futureorg -Institute for applied future and organizational research from Krefeld , a private research institute which is active with scientific methods in the field of future and trend research .

The TASD study is supported by various migrant associations such as the "Turkish Community in Germany", the "Federation of Turkish Parents' Associations in North Rhine-Westphalia", the "Turkish-German Academic and Student Platform", the "European Assembly of Turkish Academics", the "Turkish Science - und Technologiezentrum "and supported by the" Turkish Student Association in Münster ".

occasion

The central assumption of the TASD study, which is the reason for the social study, is: “Academics and students generally belong to the educational elite of a society. Due to their education, they are enabled to take up important positions in business, science, politics and administration, through which they shape the future of a society. This makes them an important resource in a society. ”(Interim evaluation, p. 5). The relevance of this assumption is reinforced by various socio-economic change processes such as demographic change, the shortage of skilled workers and the multiculturalization of German society. Corresponding to this is the problem that there is hardly any reliable and well-founded knowledge about the Turkish educated elites or about educated elites with a migration background.

Survey method

Because offices and authorities in Germany, for example universities or the Federal Statistical Office , only record the citizenship and not the country of origin of people resident in Germany, futureorg was faced with considerable difficulties in the survey.

Futureorg recorded its data primarily on the Internet using a questionnaire that was answered by 254 people and of whom around three quarters were born in Germany. The online questionnaire comprised 370 questions or 800 items, so-called survey units, which were divided into twelve subject areas:

  • Demographic data
  • Profession / study
  • Finances / savings behavior
  • Family / marriage / partnership
  • Shopping behavior
  • Leisure behavior
  • Internet usage behavior
  • Media consumption
  • Living situation
  • politics
  • Volunteering and
  • religion

Results

Selected interim results

A vast majority of 73% of those surveyed were born in Germany. An overwhelming majority are also satisfied with their life in the Federal Republic. In the area of ​​questions on the family, the evaluation showed that only a very small minority have a predominantly bad relationship with their parents. In their parents' homes, almost 77% of those questioned attached great importance to education as an opportunity for advancement, although support was often limited to benefits in kind such as books or computers due to a lack of cultural capital . With regard to political connections, 83% of those questioned said they were interested. The overwhelming majority of 80% attested that German integration policy had little or no credibility. 38% are also willing to emigrate to Turkey . Of these, 42% state that they have no connection with Germany.

reception

Representativeness

The TASD study is not a representative study, as no data is available on the population of Turkish academics and students in Germany. It is unknown how many Turkish or Turkish-born academics and students live in Germany, what the gender or age distribution looks like. As a result, the TASD study shows the respondents' tendencies towards the topics questioned.

Politics and media

The TASD study received political and media attention. For example, the green parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament took it up as part of its migration policy deliberation process.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "[...] Kamuran Sezer is also happy about this extraordinary biography. Sezer is currently working with the organization "Futureorg" on the most extensive study of Turkish academics in Germany. [...] ", in: From Hauptschüler to Professor , February 16, 2008. ddp announcement for ad-hoc-news.de
  2. ↑ cf. Flocke, Janine: The Forgotten Brain Drain , in: ZEIT Online , March 31, 2008. Accessed January 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Krefeld institute futureorg has just interviewed 250 Turkish and Turkish-born academics, of whom almost three quarters were born in the Federal Republic.", From: Sontheimer, Michael: Jung, gut und unscheduled , in: Der Spiegel 21/2008, 19. May 2008. Accessed January 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ Seker, Nimet: Gifted Potential , in: qantara.de, 2008. Accessed January 30, 2010.
  5. ↑ "In a current study on the attitudes of German-Turkish academics and students, the Krefeld social science institute Futureorg comes to the conclusion that almost 40 percent of them plan to emigrate to their parents' country." In: Lenz Jacobsen: Exodus von Mustermigranten - Abschied aus Almanya. In: UniSpiegel. September 10, 2009. Accessed January 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ "'Of course we do not claim to produce a representative study," says Sezer. This is not possible because there is no certain number of the German-Turkish educated elite in Germany. But that is a prerequisite for a representative sample. But “official statistics about students should also be critically questioned.” Turks with German citizenship are not always recorded there ”, from: Leben in Zwei Kulturen (above), in: Focus Online .
  7. ↑ “Emigrating instead of immigrating? Why we are losing the battle for heads ”. Panel discussion of the Greens in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, October 31, 2008. Accessed March 22, 2013.