Sebahattin Ziyanak is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Bilal Sert is instructor of sociology at Prairie View A&M University.

This study brings to the discussion the idea of the multiplicity of identity, which the individual may carry, with all the concomitant implications this has for the concept of local and national boundaries. The author also provides in depth insight as to how transnationalism is different from other concepts described in the history of migration. In addition, this book demonstrates how important prevailing migration theories are in understanding the ongoing assimilation process of second-generation immigrants in the United States.

• Introduction: Turkish ImmigrationBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 1. Sociological Framework and Theories on Initiating Factors, Adaptations Experiences, and Millet Immigrants from the Ottoman EmpireBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak2. Descriptive Analysis for Early Turkish ImmigrantsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 3. Initiating Factors for Early Turkish Immigration to the United StatesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 4. Early Turkish Immigrant’s Adaptation ExperiencesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak5. Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 6. Academic Success of Turkish Graduate Students at the United States UniversitiesJason Hakan Yagci and Sebahattin Ziyanak7. Understanding the Social Construction of Whiteness through Theories of Race and International Migration: Whitening Experiences and Turkish ImmigrantsSebahattin Ziyanak8. Ahiska Turks in the United States Since 2004Sebahattin Ziyanak 9. Global Remedies: How a Turkish Tycoon Conveyed International Culture to OklahomaSebahattin Ziyanak and Dian Jordan10. Theories for Immigrants and the Second Generation in the Unites States: Transnationalism and Turkish Transmigrant IdentitySebahattin Ziyanak

Sebahattin Ziyanak is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Bilal Sert is instructor of sociology at Prairie View A&M University.

This study brings to the discussion the idea of the multiplicity of identity, which the individual may carry, with all the concomitant implications this has for the concept of local and national boundaries. The author also provides in depth insight as to how transnationalism is different from other concepts described in the history of migration. In addition, this book demonstrates how important prevailing migration theories are in understanding the ongoing assimilation process of second-generation immigrants in the United States.

• Introduction: Turkish ImmigrationBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 1. Sociological Framework and Theories on Initiating Factors, Adaptations Experiences, and Millet Immigrants from the Ottoman EmpireBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak2. Descriptive Analysis for Early Turkish ImmigrantsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 3. Initiating Factors for Early Turkish Immigration to the United StatesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 4. Early Turkish Immigrant’s Adaptation ExperiencesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak5. Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 6. Academic Success of Turkish Graduate Students at the United States UniversitiesJason Hakan Yagci and Sebahattin Ziyanak7. Understanding the Social Construction of Whiteness through Theories of Race and International Migration: Whitening Experiences and Turkish ImmigrantsSebahattin Ziyanak8. Ahiska Turks in the United States Since 2004Sebahattin Ziyanak 9. Global Remedies: How a Turkish Tycoon Conveyed International Culture to OklahomaSebahattin Ziyanak and Dian Jordan10. Theories for Immigrants and the Second Generation in the Unites States: Transnationalism and Turkish Transmigrant IdentitySebahattin Ziyanak

Sebahattin Ziyanak is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Bilal Sert is instructor of sociology at Prairie View A&M University.

This study brings to the discussion the idea of the multiplicity of identity, which the individual may carry, with all the concomitant implications this has for the concept of local and national boundaries. The author also provides in depth insight as to how transnationalism is different from other concepts described in the history of migration. In addition, this book demonstrates how important prevailing migration theories are in understanding the ongoing assimilation process of second-generation immigrants in the United States.

• Introduction: Turkish ImmigrationBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 1. Sociological Framework and Theories on Initiating Factors, Adaptations Experiences, and Millet Immigrants from the Ottoman EmpireBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak2. Descriptive Analysis for Early Turkish ImmigrantsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 3. Initiating Factors for Early Turkish Immigration to the United StatesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 4. Early Turkish Immigrant’s Adaptation ExperiencesBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak5. Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsBilal Sert and Sebahattin Ziyanak 6. Academic Success of Turkish Graduate Students at the United States UniversitiesJason Hakan Yagci and Sebahattin Ziyanak7. Understanding the Social Construction of Whiteness through Theories of Race and International Migration: Whitening Experiences and Turkish ImmigrantsSebahattin Ziyanak8. Ahiska Turks in the United States Since 2004Sebahattin Ziyanak 9. Global Remedies: How a Turkish Tycoon Conveyed International Culture to OklahomaSebahattin Ziyanak and Dian Jordan10. Theories for Immigrants and the Second Generation in the Unites States: Transnationalism and Turkish Transmigrant IdentitySebahattin Ziyanak