The History of Migration from Turkey to Western Europe: A Multi-theoretical Analysis of the Routes to Germany and the United Kingdom

Mehmet Rauf Kesici
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Mehmet Rauf Kesici: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Border Crossing, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 173-190

Abstract: Since the existing research on migration from Turkey to Western Europe does not employ multiple theoretical perspectives, this article, based on two field studies, focuses on the changing phases and forms of this human mobility by utilising a number of relevant international migration theories. The article examines the uncovered socio-economic, demographic, and political aspects of migration from Turkey to Germany and the United Kingdom and unpacks how the parameters and motives for these two routes have changed from a comparative historical perspective. In this way, it deepens the discussion on the factors and circumstances leading to migration and demonstrates that while individual, household, and historical-structural distinctions and conflicts initiate human mobility, it is perpetuated by ongoing differences, a culture of migration, networks, and ethnic economies.

Keywords: migration history; migration theories; human mobility; labour migration; refugees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.33182/bc.v11i2.1539

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