Cultures of Migration and Conflict in Contemporary Human Mobility in Turkey

Bibliographic Data

ID12416655
AuthorsIbrahim Sirkeci (0000-0002-2334-7424, Regent's University London, corresponding author), J H Cohen (0000-0002-3556-1401, The Ohio State University)
Year2016
Volume24
Issue3
Pages381-396
Publication date2016-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1062798716000119
OpenAlexW2463410756
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited29

We approach Turkish mobility using a culture of migration perspective with reference to conflict. Conflicts are defined broadly into an array of situations including minor disputes, tensions or latent conflicts on the one hand and major violent events on the other. These situations, defined along a security continuum shape individual perceptions. Increasing perceptions of human insecurity are positively correlated to a rise in migration propensity. Applied to Turkey’s international migration history we note that major conflicts have determined inflows and outflows of populations and created a Turkish culture of migration, which reinforces continuous population flows between countries of destination and origin. Migration flows between Germany and Turkey are exemplary in this regard

Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Forced migration · Geography · Human migration · Irregular migration · Perception · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Turkish · Turkish population · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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