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Turkish culture of migration: Flows between Turkey and Germany, socio-economic development and conflict

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  • Ibrahim Sirkeci

    (Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies, European Business School London, Regent's College London, United Kingdom)

  • Jeffrey H. Cohen

    (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria.)

  • Pinar Yazgan

    (Department of Sociology, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey)

Abstract

In this paper we explore the rise of Turkey as a destination for new migrants including the children of Turks and Kurds who emigrated to Europe and Germany over the last five decades. An environment of social, economic and human insecurity dominated migration from Turkey to Europe and in particular Germany over the last five decades; and today, shifts in Turkish society, economy and security are attracting migrants to the country. Ethnic conflicts were one key factor driving migration in the past and as we note, they continue to moderate the relationship between socio-economic development and emigration rates for Kurdish movers in the present. Nevertheless, we argue that the growth of the Turkish economy and increasing social freedoms support an increase in immigration to Turkey. Immigration to Turkey includes returnees as well as second and third generation Turks from Germany among other places.

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  • Ibrahim Sirkeci & Jeffrey H. Cohen & Pinar Yazgan, 2012. "Turkish culture of migration: Flows between Turkey and Germany, socio-economic development and conflict," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 9(1), pages 33-46, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:9:y:2012:i:1:p:33-46
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    1. Ibrahim Sirkeci & Philip L. Martin, 2014. "Sources of Irregularity and Managing Migration: The Case of Turkey," Border Crossing, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 4(1-2), pages 1-16, January-J.
    2. Ibrahim Sirkeci, 2017. "Turkey’s refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 14(1), pages 127-144, January.
    3. Ibrahim Sirkeci & Neli Esipova, 2013. "Turkish migration in Europe and desire to migrate to and from Turkey," Border Crossing, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 2013(1301), pages 1-13, January.
    4. Sinem Yilmaz, 2016. "Migration of highly educated Belgian and Dutch Turks: Young Brains of Turkey," Border Crossing, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 6(2), pages 305-324, July-Dece.
    5. Ahsan Ullah, 2017. "Do remittances supplement South Asian development?," Remittances Review, Remittances Review, vol. 2(1), pages 31-45, May.
    6. Laura Di­az-Chorne & Victor Suárez-Lledó & Javier Lorenzo Rodriguez, 2019. "It’s the taking part that counts: Inequalities and simultaneous youth transnational engagement from six European countries," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 16(1), pages 73-91, January.
    7. Wiedner, Jonas & Giesecke, Johannes, 2022. "Immigrant Men’s Economic Adaptation in Changing Labor Markets: Why Gaps between Turkish and German Men Expanded, 1976–2015," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 56(1), pages 176-205.
    8. Hakan Kilic & Gudrun Biffl, 2022. "Turkish Migration Policy from the 1960s Until Today: What National Development Plans Tell Us," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 2047-2073, December.
    9. Ibrahim Sirkeci & Philip L. Martin, 2014. "Sources of Irregularity and Managing Migration: The Case of Turkey," Border Crossing, Transnational Press London, UK, vol. 2014(1401), pages 1-16, January.
    10. Narges Ebadi & Davod Ahmadi & Ibrahim Sirkeci & Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, 2018. "The Impact of Remittances on Food Security Status in the Global South," Remittances Review, Remittances Review, vol. 3(2), pages 135-150, October.

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