Ulusötesi Bir Mekânın Boşnak Kolektif Belleği ile Yaratım Süreci ve Kimliğin Mekânsal Sunumu: İstanbul-Yıldırım Mahallesi

Abstract

In this study, we examined how Bosniak collective memory affects the pro-cess of formation of transnational social spaces and how identity is repre-sented in spaces. In this process, the Yıldırım Neighbourhood, which deve-loped with migrations as a research area and identified with its Bosniak identity, was preferred. Qualitative research methods were used in the study. Using the snowball sampling technique, in-depth interviews and focus group interviews were conducted. The findings were analyzed using the descriptive analysis method. The study understood that Bosniak immig-rants transformed Yıldırım Neighbourhood from farmland into a transnati-onal social space. While this area was shaped by the socio-cultural practi-ces of Bosniaks, it was named by equipping it with symbols of its identity, thus providing continuity of identity in some way. As a result, the spaces produced were effective in developing a bond of belonging to the two co-untries.

Keywords

• transnational migration
• transnational space
• collective memory
• bosniaks
• yıldırım neighbourhood