The Making of Semi‐Regularity Among Migrants in Türkiye

Impacts of Work Permit Policies

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ID12789179
AuthorsF Bilge Kahraman (0000-0003-4984-6843, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume32
Issue1
Publication date2026-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Space and Place (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1544-8444 • E-ISSN: 1544-8452
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/psp.70196
OpenAlexW7124167863
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

This study investigates the effects of work permit procedures and rules in Türkiye on the legal status of migrants. Drawing on the literature on critical migration studies, it argues that work permit procedures in Türkiye position migrants within a legal category that can be described as semi‐regular. In this study, semi‐regularity refers to the legal status of migrants who possess the right to reside legally (e.g., through a residence permit or temporary protection status) but participate in the labour market without a work permit. Migrants experience this semi‐regular status differently in the labour market depending on their country of origin. Furthermore, unlike irregular migrants, those with semi‐regular status have access to some services, but in contrast to fully regular migrants, their access to services remains only partial. Research to date has largely focused on migrants in the Global North and this study broadens the literature on migrants' legal status by providing an example from Türkiye, a country of the Global South

Legal status · Market access · Position (finance · Residence · Temporary work · Work (physics · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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