The Understanding of Democracy as a Measure of Integration: An Examination of the Change in Integration Discourse Around the Democracy Debate Based on the Case of the Turkish Diaspora in Germany (original) (raw)

In the lead-up to a large-scale rally against the attempted coup in Turkey, the then Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hannelore Kraft, addressed the demonstration participants with the following words: "Do not carry a domestic conflict in Turkey into your adopted home of North Rhine-Westphalia, into your families, your circles of friends and also not into your hearts" (Spiegel-Online, 2016, translation by the author). 2 Following the same rally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the following statement: "We expect those