Konstantinos Gogos

University Teacher (PD 407/80)

kgogos[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course objectives

This course focuses on issues and aspects of Turkish Islam and Turkish Diaspora in Germany and the western European countries. The course demonstrates the dynamics of Turkish Islamic organizations and their political, social, economic, religious and cultural role in Europe, their objectives and demands, as well as the state policies addressing the relevant issues, based on the  geopolitical analysis methodology. The course aims to offer a thorough and clear account of the issues, problems, and questions raised with regard to the integration of Muslims and Turks in Europe, and their equal and democratic participation in all aspects of life.

Course Structure

The course addresses issues such as: methodology of geopolitical analysis, Islam and Muslims in Germany and Europe, German state policies vis-a-vis Islam and Muslims in Germany, other European state policies vis-a-vis Islam and Muslims, Turkish Islamic organizations in Germany and Europe: structure and activities, issues of democratic integration, extremism and security, the geopolitical role of non-European actors.

Assessment

Final written examination: 100 %, or, alternatively, mid-term paper (25%) plus final written examination (75%)

Required Textbook

Κωνσταντίνος Χ. Γώγος, Τουρκικό πολιτικό Ισλάμ και ισλαμιστικά δίκτυα στη Γερμανία, Λιβάνης, Αθήνα 2011

Bibliography

Andreas Goldberg / Dirk Halm / Faruk Şen, Die deutschen Türken, Lit, Münster 2004

Amikam Nachmani, Europe and its Muslim minorities: Aspects of Conflict, Attempts at Accord, Sussex Academic Press, 2009

Werner Schiffauer, Die Gottesmänner: Türkische Islamisten in Deutschland. Eine Studie zur Herstellung religiöser Evidenz, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a.M. 2000

Ursula Spuler-Stegemann, Muslime in Deutschland. Nebeneinander oder Miteinander, Herder, Freiburg 1998

Riva Kastoryano, Negotiating identities: States and immigrants in France and Germany, Princeton University Press, 2002