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ArticlePublication Open Access Alienated imagination through a mega development project in Turkey: the case of the Osman Gazi Bridge(Cambridge University Press, 2022-05) Sert, Deniz Şenol; Kuruüzüm, U.; International Relations; SERT, DenizSince the rise of the ruling Justice and Development Party in the early 2000s, Turkey has invested in several mega transport and infrastructure projects for the purposes of economic transformation, growth, and development. This article explores the impact of a recently completed mega-project - the Osman Gazi Bridge - on material change and popular imagination about the future. It claims that, while the Bridge created a colossal material change that can be observed by everyone, it also animated an imagined post-industrial transition and inclusive development in the industrial town of Dilovasl. Although the dream of a better future serves as a medium for the industrial town's underprivileged inhabitants to connect and socialize, along with the current marginalizing conditions, it also has the potential to fuel future resistance, if imagination is unable to be transformed into reality.EditorialPublication Open Access The American passport in Turkey: National citizenship in the age of transnationalism(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2021) Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/A
Book PartPublication Metadata only The changing waves of migration from the Balkans to Turkey: a historical account(Springer, 2015) İçduygu, A.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizAhmet İçduygu and Deniz Sert tell the history of migration from the Balkans to Turkey from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. They relate this history to nation-building, but also to economic conditions and specific Turkish concerns, such as the perceived need for immigration to compensate for a declining population at that time. They also demonstrate that after 1990, ethnic migration decreased and irregular labour migration became more important.Book PartPublication Metadata only A debate over return migration: the case of Turkish guest workers in Germany(2016-03) İçduygu, A.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizThis chapter aims to provide an overview of the return migration of Turkish guest workers and their family members. While doing so, it also elaborates on the theoretical and conceptual discussions of the notion of return migration, and it discusses the empirical question of how return migration has evolved over time in the case of the guest-worker scheme between Turkey and Germany. There are several reasons that make it worthwhile to elaborate the case of Turkish guest workers in Europe in general (and in Germany in particular) in the context of the whole notion of return migration. First, it is a migratory system that has evolved from temporary migration to permanent settlement over the last five decades. Second, while this transformation has taken place, some migrants have returned home, but others have stayed abroad. Third, as this covers a period since the early 1960s, different generations are involved, including first-generation labor migrants as well as their Europe-born children, and even grandchildren. Finally, as this migration from Turkey includes various types of movements such as labor migration, family reunion, asylum seeking, and clandestine flows, return migration to Turkey also consequently consists of various types of returnees.ArticlePublication Open Access Debating the dual citizenship – integration nexus in Turkey(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi, 2019) Korfalı, D. K.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizThis article explores the institution of dual citizenship outside of the West and focuses on Turkey to assess the possible relationship between dual citizenship and the integration of migrants, drawing on Kymlicka and Norman's (2000) dimensions of citizenship framework, with its tripartite focus on formal status, activity and identity. The research incorporates the perspectives of the three key groups of actors involved in international migration: the host state, the major sending states, and the migrants themselves. Our findings indicate that dual citizenship is neither a barrier to, nor facilitator of, integration in the citizenship dimension of activity in Turkey. Rather, integration - perceived as economic participation by the great majority of the actors - is linked not to dual citizenship per se, but to the acquisition of citizenship in the host country.EditorialPublication Metadata only Double displacement of refugees in the context of the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake(Wiley, 2023-08) Sevinin, E.; Danış, D.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizThis commentary is based on our observations during our fieldwork in the earthquake region in Turkey that took place in February 6, 2023 in 11 provinces where 49% of the entire Syrian population in Turkey live. In this commentary, we focus on the case of Syrians, who have been subject to what we call double displacement. Syrian refugees who were already displaced due to the war and faced with many problems in establishing a new life in Turkey once again lost their homes and livelihoods due to the earthquake, exposing them to increased risks and vulnerability.EditorialPublication Open Access Editorial(Wiley, 2020-02) Icduygu, A.; Rath, J.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; Ustubici, A.; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/AEditorialPublication Open Access Editorial, May 2020(Wiley, 2020-06) Icduygu, A.; Rath, J.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; Ustubici, A.; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/ACorrectionPublication Metadata only Erratum: Dynamics of mobility-stasis in refugee journeys: Case of resettlement from Turkey to Canada(Oxford University Press, 2021-06-01) Yıldız, U.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizIn an earlier version of this article, Syrians in Turkey were inadvertently categorized under "Subsidiary Protection". The relevant paragraphs on pages seven and eight are now corrected, with Syrians in Turkey being stated as under a "Temporary Protection Regime".Book PartPublication Metadata only Externalising externalisation and bad governance of migration in the EU: Turkey learning from Europe(Springer, 2022-09-05) Sert, Deniz Şenol; Alparslan, Şevval; International Relations; SERT, Deniz; Alparslan, ŞevvalWhile the European Union (EU) might not do likewise, Fortress Europe is definitely enlarging. Reports (see, for example, Akkerman 2018) underline the momentous growth in Europe's border externalisation policies using various new instruments such as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), the Migration Partnership Framework, and the Refugee Facility for Turkey, where the EU and individual member states are offering millions of euros for different projects to prevent migration of people (including those who are in need of international protection) to Europe. There is an increasing body of literature on the EU's externalisation policies in relation to Turkey, focusing on the effects of the March 2016 Turkey-EU statement, resulting FRIT, etc. Here, Turkey will be positioned from a different perspective. While serving as a platform for such projects, Turkey is also a firm apprentice of its own externalisation. Thus, this paper will concentrate on Turkey's efforts to externalise, its learning process from Europe, and will argue that externalisation is an example of the promotion of bad governance by the EU at the expense of democratic values.ArticlePublication Metadata only Framing Syrians in Turkey: State control and no crisis discourse(Wiley, 2021-02) Sert, Deniz Şenol; Danis, D.; International Relations; SERT, DenizThe mass arrival of Syrian refugees and their continuing presence have triggered many new debates regarding migration in Turkey, which - as a result of its open-door policy - now hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. Yet, when we investigate the ways political institutions and actors have framed migration, we observe, unlike in European discourses, the complete absence of the word "crisis". In public statements by politicians, "control" emerges instead as a recurrent (albeit implicit) theme. Here, management of the refugee issue becomes a sign of state power, exercised through various mechanisms. Through analysis of state discourse on Syrians in the Turkish media, we find that crisis framing has been deliberately avoided, which we contend is a sign of an implicit "silencing" via media control. This choice of discourse reflects a clear policy to manage public reactions to the mass arrival of refugees.ArticlePublication Metadata only From competitive to multidirectional memory: a literary tool for comparison(Taylor & Francis, 2018) Günay-Erkol, Çimen; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; Humanities and Social Sciences; ERKOL, Çimen Günay; SERT, DenizRecent research shows that Turkish society is very polarized and that different identities and ideological perspectives are in constant struggle with each other. In a multicultural society such as Turkey’s, the question of how to think about the relationship between different social groups’ histories of victimization becomes crucial. Following Michael Rothberg’s conceptualization of multi-directional memory – beyond competitive memory, this article presents an archive for comparative work through a data set of novels on the military coups in Turkey. The major argument here is that while these novels are promoting the idea of competitive memory as a zero-sum game, if it is looked at more closely, there are traces of multi-directionality, of ongoing negotiation, cross-referencing, and borrowing. Doing so, it is argued, would help to reframe justice in the society, where different victimizations are not competing with each other, but start to talk to each other. This article is an attempt to create a literary tool of comparison on different stories of victimization as a first step towards transitional justice in a polarized society.ArticlePublication Metadata only From skill translation to devaluation: the de-qualification of migrants in Turkey(Cambridge University Press, 2016-05) Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizWithin the context of the transformation of Turkey from a country of emigration to an immigration and transit country, the migration scene is becoming more heterogeneous, with both the formal and informal labor markets being increasingly internationalized. This paper focuses on de-qualification, defined as migrants taking on jobs that do not match their skills, which is a neglected issue within the migration literature on Turkey with the potential for further research. Based on open-ended interviews and participant observation in İstanbul, the paper elaborates on the different instruments of de-qualification. De-qualification is considered here as an important element of precariousness in the labor market, with different mechanisms functioning simultaneously; namely, accreditation problems, a language disadvantage, lack of information, and identity-based discrimination.Book PartPublication Metadata only Governing without control: Turkey's “struggle” with international migration(Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2016) Sert, Deniz Şenol; Yildiz, U.; International Relations; SERT, DenizSince the 1980s, Turkey's role in the international migratory scene has changed substantially, as the country has transformed from being a country of origin to a country of destination and transit. Historical transformations in the course of mobility have significantly influenced governmental techniques and rationalities in the domain of migration, asylum, and citizenship regulations and laws.ArticlePublication Metadata only Introduction: Syrian refugees – facing challenges, making choices(Wiley, 2019-04) İcduygu, A.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/AEditorialPublication Metadata only Letter from the editors(Wiley, 2023-02-20) İçduygu, A.; Rath, J.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; Üstübici, A.; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/AEditorialPublication Metadata only Letter from the editors(Wiley, 2024-02) Icduygu, A.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; Rath, J.; Ustubici, A.; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/AEditorialPublication Open Access Letter from the Editors(Wiley, 2022-02) İçduygu, A.; Rath, J.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; Üstübici, A.; International Relations; SERT, DenizN/AArticlePublication Open Access Making a case over Greco-Turkish rivalry: major power linkages and rivalry strength(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi, 2018) Sert, Deniz Şenol; Travlos, Konstantinos; International Relations; TRAVLOS, Konstantinos; SERT, DenizThe goal of the paper is to explore how the intensity of the Greco-Turkish rivalry (in the 19th and 20th centuries) was affected by variation in the intensity of rivalries between major powers that have political and military connections to Greece and Turkey. By comparing the effect of relevant major power rivalries with a battery of alternative domestic, dyadic, military, and political variables, the article serves as a deductive evaluation to see how important, if at all, variation in the volatility of intensity of the relevant major power rivalries is on the Greek-Turkish rivalry intensity volatility.Book PartPublication Metadata only Migrants' uncertainties versus states' insecurities: transit migration in Turkey(2014) İçduygu, A.; Sert, Deniz Şenol; International Relations; SERT, DenizSince the early 1980s, Turkey has become an important route for so-called transit migration flows in the south-east of Europe. People from different parts of the South and East have begun to use the Turkish peninsula as a bridge to the West and the North, where they hope to find better living conditions. The number of such people is unknown as there are no figures available for ‘irregular transit migration’ passing through Turkey, which is an expected result, given the murky nature of this phenomenon.