This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of Turkey's response to Syrian mass
migration from 2011 to 2020. It examines internal and external dimensions of the refugee issue
in relation to Middle Eastern geopolitics as well as the salience of controlling irregular
migration to the European Union. The book focuses on policies and discourses developed in the
fields of border management reception asylum and protection and integration of refugees with
an emphasis on continuities ruptures and changes. One of its main goals is to compare
differences in policy practices across provinces in order to better capture ways in which
Syrian refugees claim agency develop belonging and experience integration in the context of
cultural intimacy precarity and temporariness. By providing rich empirical evidence this book
provides a valuable resource for students and scholars in migration studies political science
anthropology sociology and public administration disciplines as well as policy makers
stakeholders and the general public.
