Many ethnolinguistic communities in the US rely on ethnic mother tongue schools for the continuity of their original language and culture. This ethnographic case study investigates the maintenance and development of the Turkish language and construction of Turkish identity in a Saturday school in New York. The study explores the stakeholders beliefs and practices in the school. The data analyzed through discourse analysis show that the Turkish language is the primary means to construct a Turkish cultural identity in the US. And yet, there is a gap between the first-generation adults and the...