ABSTRACT
Turkish immigrants have been residing in Germany for three generations since the 1960s. The immigrants’ different social, political and economic backgrounds have shaped the way the German society treats them. Their relationships with the host society have influenced the way they construct their idealised imagination of their home (Heimat), which could be a Turkish, a German or an in-between space of Turkish-German imaginary. This study aims at examining how each generation of Turkish immigrants conceptualises their Heimat and the contexts for their different Heimat. The objects of this study are three films directed by Turkish-German immigrants in the early to mid-21st century. They are Gegen die Wand and Auf der anderen Seite directed by Fatih Akin and Almanya—Willkommen in Deutschland directed by Yasemin Samdereli. At that time, the issue of integration became highly prominent in the public space and the media in Germany.
