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It focuses on Germany as a primary hub for these interactions, detailing how the AKP government uses institutions like the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) and the Diyanet to mobilize loyalists while monitoring and suppressing dissidents. The authors argue that these extraterritorial measures, including transnational election campaigns and surveillance, have strained Turkey's diplomatic relations with European host countries and exacerbated polarizations within the diaspora community.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Under the AKP government, Turkey shifted its diaspora strategy from 'nation-hiding'—where migrants were viewed as a liability to the country's image—to a 'nation-branding' strategy that treats the diaspora as an asset and 'brand ambassadors' for the 'New Turkey'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The AKP's diaspora governance extends beyond Turkish citizens to include 'kin communities' in the Balkans, Central Asia, and other former Ottoman territories, influenced by a neo-Ottoman ideology.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The extension of external voting rights since 2012 has transnationalized Turkish election campaigns, leading to diplomatic tensions in Europe due to the use of anti-European and populist rhetoric during rallies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Turkey has employed extraterritorial authoritarian measures in Germany and other European countries, including the use of state-linked imams and loyalists to monitor and spy on dissidents, particularly members of the Gulen Movement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Recent migration flows to Germany, driven by the 'authoritarian turn' after 2013 and the 2016 coup attempt, include a heterogeneous group of academics, diplomats, and political activists, which has altered the balance of power and increased contention within the existing diaspora.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Turkish state's diaspora policies have triggered a resurgence of debates in host countries regarding 'dual loyalties' and the failure of integration, particularly after the 2017 referendum where 63.07% of registered voters in Germany voted 'YES'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001282#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Europe","Balkans","Central Asia","Netherlands","Sweden","Austria","Mauritania","Kyrgyzstan","Tunisia","Bosnia and Herzegovina"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","sociological study","political science"]},{"id":"prio-001482","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/prio-001482","title":"Institutionalising transnationalism: The national welfare system’s encounter with people who lead transnational lives","publisher":{"name":"Peace Research Institute Oslo","organization":"peace-research-institute-oslo"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2019","source_url":"https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/35eda9c0-a556-4486-9ece-81bd0f8ec3ec/Institutionalising transnationalism- The national welfare systems encounter with people who lead transnational lives.pdf?inline=true","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The dissertation examines the friction between the sedentary, national design of the Norwegian welfare state and the increasing prevalence of transnational living. 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