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Policy perspectives of Turkey towards return migration: From permissive indifference to selective difference

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  • Özge Bilgili

    (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University & UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands.)

  • Melissa Siegel

    (Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University & UNU-MERIT, Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands.)

Abstract

This is the first paper of its kind to look at policy perspectives on return migration in Turkey, based on an analysis of official documents and a series of interviews with Turkish authorities, government officials and academics. We identify several perspectives which range from the absence of a specific legislation to control return migration, to the concrete attempts to regulate the return of a selected group of migrants, namely the highly skilled. Subsequently, we show that these perspectives are built on a series of sometimes paradoxical arguments regarding economic development, past experiences about development initiatives and the country’s international objectives.

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  • Özge Bilgili & Melissa Siegel, 2014. "Policy perspectives of Turkey towards return migration: From permissive indifference to selective difference," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 11(2), pages 218-228, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:11:y:2014:i:2:p:218-228
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    Cited by:

    1. 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.
    2. Maria Bakalova, 2021. "Education and Migration: The (Non)Return of Better Educated Migrants to Bulgaria," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 4, pages 166-186.
    3. Maria Bakalova & Mihaela Misheva, 2018. "Explanations of Economic Rationality Challenged: Contemporary Return Migration to Bulgaria," Economic Studies journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 2, pages 80-101.

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