Love migrants as digital citizens: Turkish-speaking diaspora in Athens

This analysis explores how skilled migrants engage with media in a polarized and crisis-affected system across Greece and T & uuml;rkiye. It focuses on the media use, self-expression, and social participation of first-generation Turkish skilled migrants (3 males, 12 females) in Athens in mixed marriages with Greek spouses. The interviews, conducted in 2023 with twelve women and three men, reveal how digital and social media shape their transnational experiences, digital citizenship practices, and social participation in both Greek and Turkish communities. This study is concerned with a bottom-up approach to Greek-Turkish relations. As part of a broader ethnographic study on Turkish-speaking communities' digital citizenship practices in Athens, the fieldwork was conducted from October 2022 to July 2023, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Lausanne Peace Treaty. Their media use highlights the intersection of personal and collective identities within diasporic contexts, offering a nuanced understanding of transnational lives.