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Whether there is a trade-off between ‘here’ (country of settlement) and ‘there’ (the country of origin) is one of the key political questions and concerns regarding political attitudes and behaviors of immigrant minorities. We take this issue by the horns and study three components of political attitudes and behavior within a transnational framework among Dutch-Turkish citizens in the Netherlands: turnout, political trust and interest, and party choice. The empirical data draws on original exit polls held during the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections at a polling station in 2014 (n = 791) and in 2015 (n = 456). We find that that gender and country of birth influence electoral participation; social class (working class background as labor migrants) influences voting behavior. While there is a trade-off for political trust and voting behavior, there is no trade-off for political interest. These findings call for a more nuanced approach to transnational political behavior that is attentive to processes of convergence between ‘here’ and ‘there’ and the diversity within migrant groups.

This study investigates the representative patterns of MPs with immigrant backgrounds in the case of the Netherlands. Departing from existing literature on minority representatives, we claim that minority representatives can adopt suppressive, as well as supportive, framings when addressing constituencies with whom they share similar backgrounds. A content analysis was conducted on the parliamentary work of minority representatives to detect which frames those representatives adopt when they address cultural and/or religious rights and liberties. As for explanatory variables, we examined the role of the retreat from multicultural policies in the Netherlands on the one hand and individual and group related variables on the other. Our content analysis reveals no fundamental linear shift towards more suppressive framing during the 2002–2017 period. Minority MPs from progressive parties are more likely to use supportive frames than those MPs from conservative parties. Coming from a Turkish background – the most organized ethnic group with the highest social capital in the country – significantly adds to the likelihood of a supportive form of representation. Gender is another significant variable explaining where minority representatives stand, with male MPs being more inclined to use supportive frames on ethnic and/or religious rights and liberties than female MPs.

A growing literature in Western Europe investigates the role of immigrant minority politicians in representing voters with whom they share similar backgrounds. However, not much has been said on the possible contributions of those minority representatives in framing other sorts of immigrants. This research examines how Members of the Parliament (MPs) of immigrant minority origin frame asylum related and other kinds of immigration in their parliamentary work. This is a significant research question as it sheds light upon immigration related policy perspectives constructed by those who themselves have immigrant backgrounds. To answer this question, the researcher conducted a content analysis on parliamentary questions posted by MPs with migratory backgrounds. The paper particularly focuses on differences between representatives with migratory backgrounds by considering party ideology, gender and ethnic identity starting from early 2000’s. The qualitative nature of the research allows space to reveal unforeseen (intersections of) explanatory factors. The Dutch case has been particularly selected for its tradition of group representation under the notion of multiculturalism., Batı Avrupa özelinde göçmen kökenli milletvekillerinin kendileri ile benzer geçmişlere sahip seçmenleri temsil etmek noktasındaki rollerini araştıran çalışmalar giderek gelişen bir literatür oluşturmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, göçmen kökenli parlamenterlerin gerek iltica gerekse diğer sebeplerle yaşadıkları ülkelerden farklı ülkelere yönelen yeni göçmenleri hangi çerçeve içinde ele aldıkları henüz üzerinde çok fazla tartışılmamış bir sorun alanı olarak karşımızda durmaktadır. Kendileri göçmen kökenlere sahip milletvekillerinin yeni göçmenleri nasıl bir çerçevede ele aldıkları son derece önemli bir sorudur. Zira, bu sorunun cevaplanması göçmenliği tecrübe etmiş olan kişilerin göç ile ilgili siyasi perspektiflerine ışık tutacaktır. Bu çalışmada, göçmen kökenli milletvekillerinin yeni gelen göçmenlere dair siyasi tercihlerini araştırmak üzere parlamentoya sundukları soru önergeleri üzerinde bir içerik analizi gerçekleştirilmektedir. Makalede parti ideolojisi, cinsiyet ve etnik kimlik faktörlerinin göçmen kökenli milletvekillerinin ortaya koydukları siyasi tercihler üzerindeki etkileri incelenmektedir. Araştırmanın niteliksel doğası, alanın öngörülemeyen (kesişme noktaları) açıklayıcı faktörleri ortaya çıkarmasına izin vermektedir. Hollanda örneği, çok-kültürlülük kavramı altında grup temsil geleneği nedeniyle özellikle seçilmiştir.

Recent literature on discursive opportunities shows broad consensus on the importance of media communication in determining the success of minority mobilization. However, the impact of media discourse on formal forms of political participation is less clear. This article examines to what extent, if any, media coverage on immigrant minorities shapes the parliamentary activities of “minority representatives” in the Netherlands and the UK. We investigate whether salience and tone on minorities have impact on how often and in what ways minority members of parliament address ethnic and/or religious constituencies. To study this relationship between media coverage and parliamentary activity, we conduct two separate content analyses of parliamentary questions and newspapers between 2002 and 2012 in the Netherlands and the UK. Multivariate analyses reveal that a more negative tone in newspaper coverage results in more suppressive framing in the Dutch parliament. Our findings for the British case indicate a negative effect of media salience and minority presence on parliamentary salience. No sponsor