‘I am without destiny.’ These are the words used by a number of Afghan migrants in Istanbul to sum up their lives to me in interviews over the past couple of years. The physical violence that many left behind at home in Afghanistan and the dangers they faced as they were being smuggled into Türkiye have been replaced by a threat less imminent but no less scary: the uncertainty at the root of their fragile existence in their new host country…
Read MoreTürkiye is the largest host and transit country for refugees on the eastern Mediterranean route to Europe. It hosts 3.2 million Syrian refugees and 260,000 non-Syrian refugees, including Afghans, Pakistanis, and Iraqis under International Protection. Initially adopting a welcoming…
Read MoreNawal is exactly how I (Susan) remember her, vibrant, energetic, smiling, dressed in a green flowing dress with a white head scarf wrapped in the Turkish style. We are sitting at the Fatih Municipality café, a cavernous grey-brown room with large windows looking onto Adnan Menderes Boulevard. Nawal orders carrot cake along with two hot teas, and we begin chatting…
Read MoreThe 2023 Presidential and General Elections in Turkey marked a pivotal moment in the nation’s history as it celebrated the centenary…
Read MoreTurkey recently left behind the 2023 Parliamentary and Presidential elections in which the refugee issue was among the top agenda…
Read MoreTurkey is a critical country for the study of return migration for several reasons: First, it is a source, transit, and destination country on the borders of Europe with high numbers of migrants from…
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