24 November 2021
In this new study, we scrutinised the recent waves of migration from Turkey, starting with the Gezi protests in 2013 with a different angle, and with an unorthodox research group.
The democratic decay in Turkey during the last decade slowly but surely created a desire for certain segments of Turkish society to permanently or temporarily leave the country. The authoritarian politics put in place after the coup attempt in 2016 accelerated this process, and since then, there has been a massive exodus from Turkey. Leavers include white collars, dissidents, those who are targeted by the ruling elite, seculars and Kurdish opposition groups among others. They have different positionalities and status in their new countries of residence and their journeys and trajectories vary according to their motivations for leaving, profile or the country of destination.
In this new study, which will be published as a book, authors specifically focus on the public figures, politicians, journalists and artists who are considered to form the Turkish intelligentsia. Based on extensive fieldwork in Europe and more than 40 semi-structured interviews, they shed light on the new exiles of Turkey with a specific focus on their adaptation periods to their countries of destination, expectations from future and prospects for return.
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