The documentary "Söz Bizde" reflects youth Turkish immigrants' feelings about their country of origin, identity and religion. The documentary highlights lots of variable such as education, class, sense of being misplaced,gender etc... Besides, it is shown that how heteregenous Turkish community is.
I think Turkish immigrants' level of education and immigration age determine their sense of belonging and integration process. Those from Oxford feel much more British because they are well-educated (they don't feel social exclusion) and they have been in London since their birth. We observe that Turkish immigrant parents push their children earning money rather than education. Parents equate success with earning money not getting proper education. I think those who don't get proper education feel social exclusion much more deeply and they are more prone to form community within immigrant youth. They want to be close to their immigrant counterparts. For example, the man who named himself as warrior indicates that he doesn't want to live outside of his district because he has Turkish friends just like him.
Some immigrants express their feelings about their sense of belonging and community's point of view towards them. One guy says that people whether in Turkey or Britain behave them as foreigner. When he is in England he is Turkish when he is in Turkey he is British.
In one scene a young women said that she has been brought up conservatively and she is not free unlike his brother. It is suprised me when she said that she wants to raise their children just like her parents did. I would expect much more modernized and open minded second generation.
I observe two faction within the Turkish immigrant youth. Some of them criticize other young immigrants by pretending just like British (adopting British culture) and others claim that Turkey moved on but some Turkish immigrants in Britain is still living 1970s. I think some Turkish immigrants very much stick on the idea of Turkishness and somes are assimilated. Only the guy in Kebap shop and graphic designer seem to me in the middle. Finally, I should mention that for me the most wise and open minded guy was the graphic designer through out the documentary . However, I was suprised when I heard his eagerness to marry with Turkish women rather than a foreigner. It is ironic.
