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Transnational voting as collective action in liminal occasion: Examination of political mobilization of non‐resident Turkish citizens in Germany

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines transnational voting as collective action in a liminal occasion. Focusing on Turkey-origin residents in Germany during and after the 2023 Turkish national elections, it combines multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork with 17 post-election interviews. The ethnography shows how party alliances transformed formal voting rights into mobilization through organizational infrastructures, trusted networks, symbolic venues and ideological repertoires. The interviews show how these mobilizations were interpreted through contested entitlement, anti-immigrant sentiment, protective transnationalism and in-betweenness. Together, the findings show that transnational voting becomes collective action when it is organized through shared infrastructures, activated through social ties and interpreted as a claim to rights, recognition, protection or opposition. The article contributes to research on collective action, diaspora politics and transnational citizenship by showing how migrants' agency emerges from dual inclusion and exclusion across national contexts.

Source: British Journal of Social Psychology

DOI: 10.1111/bjso.70152

Authors: Meral Gezici Yalçın, Elif Sandal‐Önal

Institution: Bielefeld University

Language: English

Topic: Diaspora, migration, transnational identity

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,970