Turkish German Affairs from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Elif Nuroğlu is Associate Professor of Economics at the Turkish-German University, Istanbul, and Head of the Economics Department. She received her PhD degree from the University of Vienna. Her major areas of interest are International Trade, Empirical International Economics, Gravity Model, Econometric models and Empirical Macroeconomics.Ela Sibel Bayrak Meydanoğlu is Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Turkish-German University, Istanbul. She received her PhD degree from the University of Lüneburg (Germany). Her major areas of interest are Digital Marketing, Mobile Tagging and E-Business.Enes Bayraklı is a faculty member at the Department of Political Science at the Turkish-German University, Istanbul. He received his PhD degree from the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. His fields of research include the Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy, Northern Iraq Policy of Israel, Cultural Diplomacy, Foreign Policy Analysis and German Foreign Policy.

• Contents: Hanna-Lisa Hauge/Wolfgang Wessels: EU-Turkey Relations and The German Perspective – O. Can Ünver: The Role of Turkish Immigrants on Economic and Political Relations Between Germany and Turkey – Bianca Kaiser: Changing Patterns of Migration: German Migrants in Turkey – Ian Towers/Anabel Ternès/Dunja Ewinger: Turkish Migrant Self-Organizations in Germany – Halil İbrahim Bahar: Germans in Alanya – Şükrü Yurtsever/Sarah Glück: Transferring Social Capital from Turkey to Germany - Opportunities and Consequences for the Employment of Turkish Women? – Nihal Tuncer Terregrossa/Ferda Karagöz: The Structural Transformation of Bilateral Trade Relations between Germany and Turkey: Causes and Consequences – Güzin Emel Akkuş: The Contribution of the Remittances of Turkish Workers in Germany to the Balance of Payments of Turkey (1963–2013) – Şule Daldal: Transformations of the Labor Markets in Turkey and Germany – Seçil Paçacı Elitok: Do Rights Migrate with Migrants Across Borders? Transferability of Social Security Benefits between Turkey and Germany – Çiydem Çatak: Macroeconomic Variables and Stock Market Returns: A Comparison of Germany and Turkey – Y. Burçak Boydak Öztaş: The Role of Social Marketing Activities for Removing the Obscruity of Non-Governmental Organisations in Turkey: The Case of Friedrich Naumann Foundation – Harun Kaya: Knowledge and Technology Transfer from Germany to Turkey: Its Past, Current Situation and Future Challenges – Sevgi Kurtulmuş/ Ali Osman Öztürk: The Rise of Medical Tourism in Turkey and the Unique Case of Patients from Germany – Emre Ergüven: German FDIs in Turkish Manufacturing Industry – Nuray Terzi: Global Competitiveness: A Comparison between Turkey and Germany.