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Klaartje Van Kerckem Ghent University

“I D on’t Want O ne from Turkey” A Mixed M ethod A nalysis of C hanging Trends in Partner C hoice among Turkish Belgians. Klaartje Van Kerckem Ghent University. Outline. Partner choice before 2000 Quantitative results Qualitative results Explaining the decline

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Klaartje Van Kerckem Ghent University

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  1. “I Don’t Want Onefrom Turkey”A Mixed Method Analysis of Changing Trends in Partner ChoiceamongTurkishBelgians Klaartje Van Kerckem Ghent University

  2. Outline • Partner choicebefore 2000 • Quantitativeresults • Qualitativeresults • Explaining the decline • Explaining the persistence • Conclusion

  3. Dominance of Transnational Marriages Source: Lievens, 1999

  4. Gender & Family • Genderedpreferences • Kinship • Emotionalbonds of kinship • Kinshipobligations

  5. 2001-2008: Declinein TransnationalMarriages

  6. Men: Decline of 23 percentage points

  7. Women: decline of 18 percentage points

  8. Problem & risk perception • Language & Dependency • Fear of beingused • Culturaldifferences

  9. Premaritalrelationships • Past: • Acceptablefor men, unthinkableforwomen • Arranged marriages as the norm • Present: • Increasingincidence • Conditionalacceptanceforwomen

  10. Decliningparentalinfluence Pinar (50F): I wantedtomarrysomeonethat I loved, someoneI wantedtomarry. But it was notallowed, it was justnot right. Choosing was notan option, yourparents, youknow. At that point I fought a little, but youlose. Sikan (19F): I can choose for myself; I can even marry a Belgian. As long as I feel good about it; and as long as I do not stain the reputation of my parents; and as long as I do not run away from home. They are going to give me permission easily, as long as I do not run away.

  11. Enduringmotivations • Rebound marriage • Therapeutic marriage • Perfect match-marriage

  12. Rebound Marriage Armagan (23F): My idea was never to marry in Turkey. ABSOLUTELY NOT (…) He had to be from Belgium and speak the same language. And he could do all sorts of things, like helping me with paperwork and so on. Yes. My aunt got a lot of requests [while we were in Turkey] that summer (…) Every day someone came to ask my hand. And I said I did not want it. No. In one case I did not like his eye. In another his eyebrow, in another still something else. I was just like looking for reasons because I did not want one from Turkey.

  13. Therapeutic Marriage Fatma (40F): There are different kinds [of marriages] you know, on the one hand there’s the family here that assumes – the parents of the boy who was born here – ‘if we let him marry someone from Turkey who is submissive and so, than he’s going to be more present in his family.’ But… these are therapeutic marriages I think; I call them therapeutic marriages. But instead of searching for the cause of the problem in the way of life or tackle the upbringing of their children, they think of marriages with someone from the country of origin as a solution, and then it goes wrong…

  14. Perfect Match Marriage Abdullah (24M): No, it did not matter. I was just looking for the right girl, it did not matter if she was from here or Turkey, or Germany or the Netherlands. I used to have a girlfriend from the Netherlands, one from France (…) It’s just about insight you know, how that girl is in terms of personality, in terms of character and so on, if you can get along or not.

  15. Conclusion • Declineduetogenerational change & desireforsocialmobility • Future? • Decline in ‘rebound marriages’ & ‘therapeutic marriages’ • Persistence of ‘perfect match marriages’

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