Abstract
Country-level studies by the Social Transformation and International Migration in the 21st Century (STIM) Project include the analysis of a specific locality in each country. In the Turkish case, we chose to look at Kumkapı, an old sub-district of Fatih, Istanbul, which has been exposed to various layers of migration. This chapter lays out the results of our fieldwork, conducted with individuals living in the area and with officials dealing with migration at the local and national levels. While discussing recent international migration flows in Kumkapı, I display the bigger picture of social transformation in Turkey.
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Ozkul, D. (2015). Migration Flows in Turkey’s Neoliberal Era: The Case of Kumkapı, Istanbul. In: Castles, S., Ozkul, D., Cubas, M.A. (eds) Social Transformation and Migration. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137474957_10
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