This book reports research on young Turkish women`s interpretation of a good life in Germany.
There were two goals. The first was to identify how girls from Turkish origin living in Germany
develop a positive view of themselves: How do they perceive opportunities for empowerment
agency and emancipation? What are their inspirations and aspirations? The second goal was to
establish how girls from Turkish origin living in Germany interpreted challenges to seeking a
good life at school and in the wider society? With the support of focus groups the life
history interview method and socio-economic questionnaires four main categories were identified
in the findings of the research: construction of identity aspiration for education
marginalization and living in a multicultural society.
