SURVEILLANCE IN GERMANY AFTER 9/11 The case of immigrants from Turkey

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2008-01-01

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Topal, Çağatay

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After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, surveillance pressure on immigrants increased considerably. The trend was the globalization of surveillance of the world population but especially of immigrants. 9/11 was not a turning point, however, since surveillance was already headed towards being globalized. The post-9/11 context accelerated this process. The economic and political developments that have taken place after 9/11 demonstrate that the processes of globalization, immigration and surveillance are closely linked. Today, immigrants from Turkey in Germany experience surveillance within this context. The regulations of the European Union, the policies of the German government and global political-economic processes play interdependent roles in this surveillance which is now more intensified, focused, arbitrary and widespread. Those groups who are economically, religiously, politically, and culturally marginalized are the primary targets of surveillance. The case of immigrants from Turkey can be used to exemplify the surveillance of immigrants in advanced capitalist countries.

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Surveillance, Immigrants, Germany

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/33059

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EUROPEAN SOCIETIES

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https://doi.org/10.1080/14616690801890109

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Department of Sociology, Article

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Ç. Topal, “SURVEILLANCE IN GERMANY AFTER 9/11 The case of immigrants from Turkey,” EUROPEAN SOCIETIES, pp. 811–834, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/33059.