Migration Policies of Sending Countries: Perspectives on the Turkish Experience

Sabri Sayari

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1986, vol. 485, issue 1, 87-97

Abstract: During the 1960s and early 1970s, Turkey participated heavily in the process of labor migration from the Mediterranean basin to Western Europe. In addition to the policy preferences of advanced industrial European states and the demand for jobs in Europe by large numbers of Turks, Turkey's migration policies played a significant role in the expansion of the migratory flow. Turkish policymakers sought to use labor migration abroad to fulfill several objectives such as reducing unemployment and increasing the volume of foreign-exchange reserves through remittances. The migration of Turkish workers to Western Europe produced some significant results concerning these primary objectives. The policy of exporting workers, however, has also had important unintended consequences and problems for Turkey.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716286485001008

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