Turkish Religious and Socio-Cultural Organizations in Norway
Journal Title: Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
As a result of considerable progress made in science between XVth and XIXth centuries, West has got the upper hand over East in science, drawing the attention of Eastern people. Because of the financial and social opportunities, they offered, Western countries have welcomed a great deal of immigrants. Norway is one of the European countries heavily attracted the Eastern immigrants. The immigrants and refugees who migrated Norway are mainly from Pakistan, Morocco, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. Through the end of 1960s, Turkish people have started migrating to Norway and built mosques to worship and perform religious education. Later on, they held social and cultural organizations. These organizations helped Turkish people easily accommodate to the culture they live in and preserve their religious and national values. In this study, an outline of Norway will be drawn and Turkish religious and social-cultural organizations will be introduced.
Authors and Affiliations
Recep ÖNAL| Yrd. Doç. Dr., Balıkesir Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi onal1975@gmail.com
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