»turkey«

I defnitely need to focus on introducing German expatriates to one specific country (and maybe the other way round as well). I've known that from the beginning on.

First I had wanted to take a country I have lived in myself. Thus: Canada, South Africa, France, or Belgium. Israel with my sister living there would have been another option. The States should have been ok as well. I had wanted to take a country familiar to me because I was hoping I could better judge on the country-specific information I'm reading.
Well, the countries I've lived in are not expatriate-wonderland, they are not relevant to German expatriates (don't pin me down on that, it's just a naive impression of mine).

Asia is surely the biggest issue in expatriate research which reflects the interests of German businesses.
I have no clue about Asia!

Other emerging markets seem to be Eastern Europe and South America. From a German perspective I thought Turkey might be interesting.

Now it's like: Why not Poland?

Turkey is everywhere. Having grown up in Western Germany I have grown up next to the kids of Turkish immigrants. I like to put an emphasis on having grown up beside each other because I really do not know any myself.

Finally, in Belgium I got close friends with two Erasmus students from Turkey which actually allowed Turkey to become a country in my head. Turkey was not in the houses of immigrants anymore who belong to neither culture but became a vivid, buzzing country on its own.

The debate about Turkey's entry into the European Union further drew my attention.

It might be quite interesting to work out the interdependencies: Turkey's drive towards Europe, the relation between German and Turkish economies, and the interactions possible between Turkish immigrants and their country of origin.

I liked the idea. But I've never been there and Turkey is quite far away.