Jacopo Anderlini (University of Genoa) interviews Didem DanıŠ(University of Galatasaray) on the current trends and aspects of migration in Turkey. The episode addresses the role of the country as a transit and buffer zone in the EU migratory management, and also as a country of destination, highlighting the composition of asylum seekersâ and refugeesâ presence. Based on her fieldwork in Istanbul, Didem DanıŠdepict the complex relations between NGOs â that she calls âpro-governamental organisationsâ â, state institutions, local authorities, members of the ruling party AKP and self-organised migrantsâ networks.
References:
DanıÅ, D., and D. Nazlı. 2019. âA Faithful Alliance Between the Civil Society and the State: Actors and Mechanisms of Accommodating Syrian Refugees in Istanbulâ. International Migration 57 (2): 143â57.
https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12495;
Sert, D.Å. and DanıÅ, D. (2020), Framing Syrians in Turkey: State
Control and No Crisis Discourse. Int Migr.
https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12753