This article explores the motivations behind the applications for Portuguese citizenship by Turkish Jews since 2015. Based on a qualitative research, the findings highlight that obtaining a second passport does not yet equate emigration. Rather, it constitutes an insurance policy aimed at alleviating growing ontological insecurity, stemming partly from their secular and westernized lifestyle and from their Jewish identity, which are endangered by perceived de-secularisation, growing anti-Semitism and authoritarian trends in Turkey.
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Anouck Côrte-Real Pinto, G., & David, I. (2019). Choosing second citizenship in troubled times: the Jewish minority in Turkey. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 46(5), 781–796. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2019.1634397
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