Abstract
<jats:p>Upon the examination of the social sciences literature, it can be seen that the identity is addressed as a phenomenon that can be built as a result of social processes and interactions. The religious life and immigration process stand out as significant components in the building of the identity. The purpose of this study is to determine the identity perceptions of the Sandžak immigrants in Pendik and the effects of the immigration process and religious life on these perceptions. For this study where phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was used; interviews have been done with 30 Sandžak immigrations living in Pendik. The data of the interviews; have been examined and analyzed within the topics of immigration process, daily life, identity and religion. As a result of the study, we can say that the Sandžak immigrants living in Pendik established social relationships among themselves due to reasons like the language problem, being stigmatized, etc. that they went through during their first years, and that they appear as an introvert group. This situation has led to the development of an immigrant habitus among the Sandžak immigrants in Pendik. According to it, immigrants manifest similar attitudes about many topics. We can see this common attitude in daily life, in their perceptions of identity and religious matters. The main components of the immigrant identity in Pendik is being Turkish, Bosnian, Sandžak immigrant and Muslim. Not only a certain hierarchy can be mentioned among them, they are also interchangeable. We can talk about three typologies among the Sandžak immigrants in Pendik in terms of their point of view on religion and religious life. The participants in the first typology have a more conventional relationship with religion. As for the participants in the second and third typology, the vast majority among the participants in terms of number, we can say that they have a more secular point of view on religion. Keywords: Sandžak Immigrants; Pendik; Identity; Religion; Migration</jats:p>