Life and Its Meaning of First-generation Immigrant Koreans in Turkey: The Image of a Contributor

Abstract

This study aims to understand the image and meaning of life by examining the lives of first-generation Korean immigrants in Turkey by conducting an oral life story survey on 9 first-generation Korean immigrants living in Turkey for 20 to 40 years. Based on the oral contents of the narrators, three questions were largely “life before immigrating to Turkey, life after immigrating to Turkey, life in the future, and the most memorable moment”.BR First, as a result of examining the life before immigration to Turkey based on the oral contents of the narrators, most of them had positive experiences with foreign countries and foreigners, and it was found that these experiences had an impact on their immigration to Turkey.BR Next, we looked at the oral contents of the narrators about their lives after moving to Turkey. First, it is understood that the reason for choosing Turkey was that they wanted to live in a foreign country with advanced culture at the time. Second, as a result of checking life as an immigrant through life in Turkey, it appears that they made a thorough effort to belong to the immigrant society. These efforts were more like conformity by actively accepting and acknowledging systems and commands, rather than adaptation.BR Finally, the narratos