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

This article discusses the intensified debate about people of Turkish origin in Germany context speculations deviating understandings democracy among diasporas. Based on thesis that a change German integration discourse from measurable material achievements migrant community to immaterial aspects adaptation with regard norms and values is taking place, an argument for discourse-theoretical perception this developed, whereby existing forms negatively connoted foreign construction are discussed.