"Compulsory" Migration Governance at Local Level: The Case of Istanbul

Demiroglu E. T.

LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, cilt.19, sa.4, ss.967-990, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4335/19.3.967-990(2021)
  • Dergi Adı: LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.967-990
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: local governance, immigration, Istanbul, local turn, municipalities, MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE, POLICY, INTEGRATION, POLITICS, CITY
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article focuses on the increasing role of cities and local governments in migration governance through following the increasing "local turn" approach in migration studies in recent years. Turkey, which has a long immigration history and by far the largest immigration population of the country with massive Syrian immigration which started in particular in 2011, cities and local governments have developed different local governance arrangements by which they are trying to produce answers to the diversity brought about by immigration. Local responses differ in terms of scope, actor, approach and method. In this study, how and why the municipalities produce different response are discussed in the context of the role of the municipalities and the common methods that local responses share despite the same legal framework and being a part of Istanbul metropolitan area. Thus, based on the analysis of the field study conducted in six districts of Istanbul, it has been revealed that the given to migration and immigrants are shaped in the context of a high informality and compulsory governance.