The reform of Germany’s Citizenship Act (StARModG), in force since 27 June 2024, marks a turning point in the country’s approach to citizenship and political inclusion by reducing the regular residence requirement for naturalisation from eight years to five and removing the general obligation to renounce previous citizenships. Drawing on 21 semi-structured interviews with Turkish citizens, former Turkish citizens, political refugees and descendants of earlier migrants in Germany, this article examines how the new law is interpreted as an institutional opening for political participation in Germany and Türkiye. The article conceptualises dual citizenship as a threshold institution: a legal form that expands access to formal rights while legitimising overlapping attachments across borders. The analysis identifies two interconnected trajectories. First, Turkish citizens who had delayed German naturalisation because of the renunciation requirement now see German citizenship as compatible with continued homeland ties. Second, former Turkish citizens and their descendants, including political refugees, interpret reacquisition of Turkish citizenship as a way to regain electoral voice in Türkiye. These findings challenge the narrative of ‘divided loyalties’ and show that participation in Germany and Türkiye is complementary. The article demonstrates how Germany’s new law reactivates political participation across the transnational political field linking Germany and Türkiye.

Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg, Dual citizenship as a threshold institution: Germany’s citizenship reform and transnational political participation among people of Turkiye-origin, Third World Quarterly, 2026,