Alkin's book represents a desperately needed expansion of research on the connection between cinema and migration between Turkey and Germany. Hauke Lehmann stated, "Turkish cinema hardly plays a role in the German-speaking academia" - Ömer Alkin in an interview on the Film Studies podcast on July 20, 2021. "With his work, Alkin makes a long-overdue scientific contribution of both empirical and theoretical significance. Future research will not be able to fall behind Alkin's contribution." Dagmar Brunow, Media Studies, said, "Making migration experiences visible" - Ömer Alkin in an interview on IslamiQ on August 8, 2020. Discussed in: April 14, 2020, Hans Helmut Prinzler, July 8, 2020, Irit Neidhardt Diyalog, 2 (2022), Rahime Özgün Kehya.