A Study of the Institutional Dimension of Türkiye’s Migration and Integration Policy: The Case of Syrian Refugees

Introduction

This study discusses the concepts of migration and migrant, the refugee crisis that Türkiye has faced since 2011 and, subsequently, the problem of integration. In doing so, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and examines, within the framework of constructivism, the consequences of migration for Türkiye’s legal and institutional structure. To this end, it examines the social integration policies, and in particular the institutional policies towards foreigners, that Türkiye has adopted in response to the current refugee crisis, having moved rapidly up to 2011 from the position of a transit country on international migration routes to that of a destination country.