Turkey
- Authors: Ahmet Içduygu and Sebnem Koser Akcapar
- Main Title: Migrant Smuggling Data and Research , pp 137-160
- Publication Date: November 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/debb7fa8-en
- Language: English
There is a long history of migrant smuggling in Turkey and its immediate neighbourhood, which started with the irregular flows of migrants from Afghanistan by the end of the 1970s following a series of events, namely the following: (a) the Soviet invasion, civil wars, Taliban regime; (b) in the early 1980s from the Islamic Republic of Iran after the regime change and persecution based on religion and political opinion; (c) end-1980s from Iraq due to Saddam’s attacks on Kurds followed by American occupation in 2003 and the civil war; and (d) more recently from the Syrian Arab Republic fleeing from civil war that erupted in 2011. Apart from these flows, Turkey has transformed into a transit migration hub for migrants hailing from Africa and South Asia thanks to the dynamics of globalization and increasing mobility.
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9789210598682
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/5347a578-en
Related Subject(s):
Drugs Crime and Terrorism
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