From Streets to ‘Clubs’: A Musical Journey of the German-Turkish Youth

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This article examines the dynamics of the music production of German-Turkish youth in Berlin. Taking into consideration the syncrenic notion of culture, our study investigates how the transition of cultures has affected, altered or transformed the new generation of Turkish immigrants’ way of producing music. This research explores how, especially by the 2000s, Turkish youth is becoming more visible in Berlin’s multicultural music scene, and underlines the tendency of especially producing in hiphop and electronic music scenes as an alternative to homeland-oriented traditional music. Compared to the tone of older generations’ music, which represents the rigid diasporic spirit, the music of the younger generations is flexible, open, synthesized and accommodates differences.

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Immigration , Diaspora , Music , Hiphop , Berlin , Cultural Transformation

Turkish journal of sociology

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Turkish journal of sociology