The Changing Waves of Migration from the Balkans to Turkey: A Historical Account

İçduygu, Ahmet; Sert, Deniz

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“…Turkey had never abandoned the Balkans but had instead pursued diplomatic relations as equal nations. The wave of migration that began during the Ottoman era and continued into the early Republican era undoubtedly continued to nourish the religious, cultural and economic relations between Balkan and Turkish societies (İçduygu and Sert 2015). This situation persisted consistently throughout the Cold War era, even though Turkey diverged with many Balkan states, including Yugoslavia, on different issues.…”

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“…The distancing from the ideals of liberal democracy by the Balkan states due to populist right-wing leaders and institutional inadequacy has also been a common issue of debate (Bieber 2018;Lavric and Bieber 2021). The way in which these transformations interacted, Turkey's aggressive and overdose use of religion and nationalism in foreign policy, and the positive and negative reactions to this development in the Balkans are among the key issues discussed in a multifaceted manner (Öztürk and Akgönül 2018;Szerencses 2021;Noutcheva and Aydın-Düzgit 2012;Athanassopoulou 1994;Tanaskovic 2012;İçduygu and Sert 2015). Nevertheless, it is worth exploring in particular how Turkey's soft power approach in the Balkans could be located within the country's overall foreign policy trends and de-Europeanisation claims, which forms the main crux of the article.…”

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Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’

Alpan¹,

Öztürk²

2022

Turkey and the Balkans

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Since the beginning of the 2000s, an extensive degree of academic research has been echoing one popular opinion, which is 'Turkey is back to the Balkans'. These studies have been scrutinising the complicated role of Turkey in the Balkans, usually drawing upon the use of soft power by the former. This impact in the region remained intact during the 2010s, although the overall Turkish foreign policy in the 2010s has been highly securitised and de-Europeanised, losing its soft power character that had been its trademark starting from early 2000s. In this regard, this paper aims to decipher different dimensions of Turkey's foreign policy in the Balkans through a more general exploration of the de-Europeanisation of Turkish foreign policy in the 2010s. Through more than 80 semi-structured interviews, which were conducted between 2016-2020, with political actors, diplomats, religious leaders, scholars and journalists in Turkey and in the Balkans, we address the question of whether the divergence Turkish foreign policy from a soft power perspective and its concomitant de-Europeanisation tendency had been crystallised in its policy towards the Balkans within the context of the 2010s.

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Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’

Alpan¹,

Öztürk²

2022

Turkey and the Balkans

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“…The trend toward refugee rent-seeking behavior is particularly evident in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis: Turkey, which has come to host approximately 3 million displaced Syrians, successfully negotiated with the EU in 2015 and 2016 to receive approximately €6 billion in exchange for controlling emigration and keeping refugees in situ (Ö zden 2013;Içduygu 2015;Greenhill 2016;Sert and Yildiz 2016). Jordan and Lebanon negotiated similar agreements, aimed at "turning the Syrian refugee crisis into a development opportunity" (Tsourapas 2019b, 7).…”

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The Migration State in the Global South: Nationalizing, Developmental, and Neoliberal Models of Migration Management

Adamson¹

2019

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How do states in the Global South manage cross-border migration? This article identifies Hollifield’s “migration state” as a useful tool for comparative analysis yet notes that in its current version the concept is limited, given its focus on economic immigration in advanced liberal democracies. We suggest a framework for extending the “migration state” concept by introducing a typology of nationalizing, developmental, and neoliberal migration management regimes. The article explains each type and provides illustrative examples drawn from a range of case studies. To conclude, it discusses the implications of this analysis for comparative migration research, including the additional light it sheds on the migration management policies of states in the Global North.

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“…Bununla birlikte Balkan göçleri, yönelim kadar hem nitelik itibariyle hem de göçmen tipleri itibariyle değişmektedir. Balkanlardan Türkiye'ye doğru değişen göç dalgalarına eğildikleri çalışmalarında İçduygu ve Sert (2015), son dönem göçlerden büyük bir kısmının geride bırakılan ülkelerde var olan ekonomik sıkıntılardan dolayı yaşandığı bilgisini aktarırlar. Bu nedenle gelenlerin de düzensiz emek göçmenlerini teşkil ettiğini anlatırlar.…”

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Legal Fugitives of the Border: Macedonian Bride Migrants

Adiloğlu

2018

Sosyal Politika Çalışmaları Dergisi

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Türkiye hedefli Balkan göçlerinin, siyasi ve ekonomik sebeplere bağlı olarak geliştiği iddiaları, günümüz şartlarında kapsayıcı bir açıklama olmaktan çıkmıştır. Zira Balkanlardan Türkiye'ye yönelen göçlerin başlıca motivasyonları arasında artık sosyo-kültürel etmenleri de saymak gereklidir. Çalışma, Makedonyalı Türk kadınlarının evlilik aracılığıyla Türkiye'ye göç ettikleri iddiasını ortaya koymaktadır. Buna bağlı olarak da çalışma, Makedonyalı kadınların göç süreç ve göç kararlarını konu edinmekte, kaçarak gelin gelme ve sınır aşarak evlenme gibi iki olgu üzerinden de kaçma ve sınır terimlerine yeni okumaların getirilmesi gerektiği fikrini ileri sürmektedir.Tekirdağ İli, Ergene ilçesine evlilik göçü ile göç etmiş Makedonyalı Türk kadınlar, çalışmanın araştırma topluluğunu oluşturmaktadır. Kadınlarla yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Görüşülen 31 göçmen gelin içerisinden sekizi ile ise derinlemesine görüşmeler yapılmış, kaçarak gelin gelme süreçleri ve göç kararları kendi anlatıları üzerinden okunmaya çalışılmıştır. Görüşmelerde elde edilen başlıca bulgular, Balkanların klasik göç kategorilerine kadın göçlerinin eklendiğini, birer gelin olarak kadınların kendi başlarına göç edebildiklerini, göç kararlarında geride bırakılan/gidilen ülkelerin itici/çekici faktörlerinden ziyade ailevi tavır alışların ve/veya uzun süre alan evlilik süreçlerinin etkili olabildiğini göstermektedir. AbstractThe claims that migrations from Balkans to Turkey are due to political and economic reasons are not comprehensive regarding conditions today. Socio-cultural factors should also be mentioned as a motivation for migrations from Balkans to Turkey. This study claims that Macedonian Turkish women migrate to Turkey through marriage. Accordingly, the study focuses on Macedonian women's decision and process of migration and suggests that there is a need for new readings of elopement and borders depending on two notions as running away (elopement) to Turkey to get married and cross border marriages.The sample of the study is women who migrated to Ergene, Tekirdağ due to their marriages. The topic of the study is cross-border marriage of these women who eloped to get married. Semi-structured interviews were held with these women. Eight out of thirtyone women interviewed were interviewed in depth. The process of their elopement and their decision to migrate were examined through their narration. Main findings of the interviews show that women migration is added to the Balkans' classical migration categories, that women can migrate on their own as brides, and that families taking an attitude and/or long process of marriage preparations rather than the push/pull factors of home/destination countries play an important role while taking migration decision. Retirement 2 Her üç yazar, çalışmalarında göçlerin değiştiği vurgusunda bulunur. Yazarlara göre, yeni dönemdeki göçler küreselleşmiş, hızlanmış, çeşitlenmiş ve kadınlaşmıştır. 3 1990'larda, çeşitli sosyo-ekonomik ve demografik nedenlere bağlı olarak Avrupa ülkelerine doğru Ba...

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The Changing Waves of Migration from the Balkans to Turkey: A Historical Account

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’

Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’

The Migration State in the Global South: Nationalizing, Developmental, and Neoliberal Models of Migration Management

Legal Fugitives of the Border: Macedonian Bride Migrants

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