The book Forced Migration in Turkey: Refugee Perspectives, Organizational Assistance, and Political Embeddingis out! It was edited by our ForMOVe members and research partners Berna Şafak Zülfikar Savcı, Ludger Pries, and M. Murat Erdoğan.  

First published 2024 by Routledge 

Abstract

Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country in the world, with forced migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and other countries converging, either with hopes to settle in Turkey or to continue onwards to the European Union (EU).

This volume addresses the specific experiences and trajectories of forced migrants in Turkey in the context of local and national contexts and the future of EU-Turkey relations. It presents the demographics of forced migrants, the biographies and future plans of refugees, and their interactions with civil society, states, and international agencies. A focus is on organized violence and corresponding experiences in countries of origin, during transit, and at current places. 

Based on extensive quantitative and qualitative research, this book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the fields of migration, human security, and refugee studies, as well as of sociology, political sciences, and international relations.

CONTRIBUTORS and THEIR CHAPTER

PART 1: Trajectories of forced migrants in Turkey

Introduction: Forced migration in Turkey—Refugee perspectives, organizational assistance, and Political embedding

BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI, LUDGER PRIES, AND M . MURAT ERDOĞAN

 

1 Trajectories and biographical projects of forced migrants in Turkey: Between first safe harbor and ongoing trouble

BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI, LUDGER PRIES, AND NORA HALSTENBERG

 

2 Organized violence in the life histories of Afghan forced migrants in Turkey

LUDGER PRIES AND NICK LINSEL

 

3 Forced migrant women in Turkey: Could Turkey be home for some?

HELGA RITTERSBERGER-TILIÇ, BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI, XIMENA ALBA VILLALEVER, AND MICHELLE GUTSTEIN

 

4 The normalization of the exception? Dealing with organized violence in biographical narratives of forced migrants in Turkey

LUDGER PRIES AND NICK LINSEL

 

PART 2: The future of forced migration: Turkey and the EU

5 More than a decade of Syrian refugees in Turkey: Balancing a complex challenge

M . MURAT ERDOĞAN AND NİHAL EMİNOĞLU

 

6 Refugees in a border city: Facts, dynamics, and paradoxes in the lives of Syrians after a decade in Gaziantep 

MEHMET NURİ GÜLTEKİN

 

7 Securitization of the EU’s migration policy and its effects on the border security policies of Greece and Turkey

ÇILGA ALTUNBAŞ AND FULYA MEMİŞOĞLU

 

8 The role of Turkey–EU relations and Turkey-to-Europe emigration experience in the treatment of Syrians in Turkey

AYHAN KAYA

 

9 The impact of Syrian refugees and irregular migrants on EU–Turkey relations: Decision-makers’ perspectives on the EU– Turkey statement

M . MURAT ERDOĞAN, NİHAL EMİNOĞLU, K . ONUR UNUTULMAZ , AND FRIEDRICH PÜTTMANN

 

10 Conclusion

BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI, LUDGER PRIES, AND M . MURAT ERDOĞAN

You can check more information about the book by clicking here.