Upcoming
Conference on the Global Developments in the field of Migration and Impact on the Migration Situation in Turkey
13-14 September 2017, Ankara
Organized by: ICMPD
Gocmen Kacakciligi ve Insan Ticareti ile Mucadele Semineri, 13 Eylul 2017, Antalya
Duzenleyen: IOM ve Sahil Guvenlik Komutanligi
“Göç ve Entegrasyon Politikalarında Vatandaşlık (Citizenship, Migration and Integration Policies) ” Göç Araştırmaları Dergisi. 3 (1), 36-67
Ozet:
Vatandaşlık konusu, yabancılar, göç ve entegrasyon politikalarının en önemli unsurlarından birini oluşturmakla beraber, göçmen ve mülteciler için “geçici” veya “misafir” olma durumundan “kalıcılığa” dönüşme aşamasını da temsil eder. “Toplumsal kabul” ve “uyumun” iki yönlü, karşılıklı gelişimini gerekli kılan vatandaşlık konusu, göç yönetiminin uzun-dönemli ve kapsamlı bir çerçevede gelişmesini öngörmektedir. Bu bağlamda, bir geçiş ülkesi olmanın yanı sıra, ayrıca hedef ülke konumunda olan Türkiye’nin, çeşitlenen yeni göç hareketlerine bağlı olarak göç ve vatandaşlık konularını bütüncül bir bakış açısıyla, uzun dönemli politikalar kapsamında ele alması beklenmektedir. Bu çalışma, yabancılar ve mülteciler sınıflandırması üzerinden vatandaşlığa geçiş konusunu, Türkiye, Almanya ve Fransa örnekleri üzerinden incelemektedir.
"Political Economy of Morocco: EU as an Anchor for neo-liberal transformation?" in Political Economy of Muslim Countries, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Abstract
In terms of its history and institutional characteristics, Morocco has always been a remarkable country regarding its political and economic relations with the EU. The EU’s role as an anchor for neo-liberal restructuring in Morocco gained momentum during the 1980s in relation to this unique socio-political context and institutional power relations in policy making. This role advanced further in 2008 when the EU granted Morocco “advanced status”, making it a closer EU ally than any other North African country. In addition to gaining from EU economic incentives and financial assistance, Morocco pursued a series of economic reforms in privatization, investment and trade liberalization, which have contributed to the country’s development. These economic policies have helped transform it from a debt-burdened nation into an economically neo-liberal, middle-class nation.
The role of the state in the economy and the interaction of political and economic actors in Morocco have strongly shaped the country’s development strategy. Morocco’s unique political institutional set up and the interplay of power relations, which is referred to as the “Moroccan exception”, makes it a special case worthy of attention in studying the country’s development in a political economic context. This political context, which has enabled the state to intervene in conflicts or social problems whenever needed, keeps Morocco relatively stable in comparison to the persistent political and social tensions that have hindered economic development in other North African and Middle Eastern countries.
This chapter tries to examine how EU-Morocco cooperation and existing interdependencies have shaped the development of economic liberalisation in Morocco. In the first part, it discusses the interplay of power relations and the interaction between key governing actors with reference to the notion of “Moroccan exception”. In the second part, it analyses the context of Morocco’s political economy, starting from the state-led growth policies of the early years of independence that then evolved into economic liberalism based on policy reform. By focusing on the progressive impacts of political and economic reforms, it tries to explore whether this neo-liberal transformation and complex compromise have successfully supplanted the previous “state-development model” or paved the way for the powers of the state to be reconstituted within a new framework.
Publisher: TUBA
Abstract
European Union (EU) countries, faced with unprecedented number of migrants and refugees in 2015, once more failed to take collective action as regards to their commitments to asylum and international protection. While slow but decent progress has been achieved in terms of EU’s aims to have a Common European Asylum System, it is observed that EU is more likely externalising its asylum practices towards non-member third countries in a securitized context which creates more challenges across a broad region including the EU’s immediate neighbourhood. Border closures, low rate of resettlements and the EU-Turkey deal of March 2016 demonstrate that externalisation occurs in the form of mainly shifting and keeping asylum applications out of Europe and implementing policy of return. Accordingly, this paper examines the EU’s common practice of externalisation of asylum practices with reference to the case of the European migration crisis and argues the EU-Turkey deal of 2016 as a new action of this externalization domain.
Past Events Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, May 15 2017 Keynote Speech a "Changing world, changing attitudes" Smart Phones : The only friend and guide of refugees on their perilous journey Assist.Prof.Dr.Ayselin YILDIZ, Yasar University, Turkey UNESCO Chair on International Migration Smart phones are not only the facilitators of our lives and but also the connectors between societies and ideas all over the world. Despite their contributions to the development of humankind, they also constitute a challenge if used for immoral purposes which might threaten the security of information and our lives as well. While the “security” and “smart phones” are mostly associated within a negative context, smart phones have totally a different role in refugees and migrants’ lives; they are the source of survival. Referring to the interviews I have conducted with several refugees and migrants (Syrians, Afghans, Pakistanis, Iraqis, Eritreans) transiting Turkey to reach Europe, smart phones are mentioned as lifesavers on their perilous journeys; to contact smugglers, to find out routes, to inform their followers about the next border crossings and to check-in for announcing safe arrival to the targeted destinations. Having left all their belongings back in the ruined homes, having lost their family members somewhere on their journey, smart phones are their only friend and guide on the dramatic and lonely journey of survival. Online Lecture: Project Budget, Financial Reporting 1-2 June 2017 As a team member of JMM coordinated by Eastern European University, Ukraine Subjects: PCM, Project Budget, Financial Reporting, Dissemination, Evaluation and Sustainibility 'Project Planning for Calls on Migration'; The training is designed only for the experts of Izmir DG Migration Management 27-28 April 2017 Fifth Global International Studies Conference 1-3 April, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan "From regional crisis to policy formulation: Repercussions of refugee crisis on EU-Turkey Relations” Göçmen Kaçakçılığı ve İnsan Ticareti ile Mücadele Semineri 4-6 Ocak 2017, Izmir IOM, Goc Idaresi Genel Mudurlugu, Sahil Guvenlik Komutanligi ve Ingiltere Buyukelciligi Jean Monnet Semineri: “Türkiye-AB İlişkilerinde bir Entegrasyon Aracı olarak AB Mali Yardımları” Presentation: An Academic Perspective on Irregular Migration Movements Uluslararasi Gocmenler Gunu Etkinligi 2nd Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium 2016 "Migration and Employment in Turkey" ARGE Proje Günleri-Ulusal ve AB Hibe Programları, Proje Yönetimi https://projegunleri.yasar.edu.tr Bu etkinlik "AB Hibeleri ve Proje Yönetimi" isimli Jean Monnet Modülü kapsamında ve Yaşar Üniversitesi Bilgi ve Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi işbirliğinde düzenlenmektedir. 21.Yüzyılda Uluslararası Göç, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, 10-11 Ekim 2016 EAIE Spotlight Seminar: 'Integrating refugees into higher education: solutions for a generation on the run' “Conflicts on NATO`s Southeastern Flank: Migration and Violent Extremism” "Challenges for European Asylum Policy: People and Crisis in Limbo" International Migration and Diplomacy May 18, 2016 Keynote Speech: "Refugees in Izmir For the lecture, Jean Monnet Module of Assit.Prof.Dr.Kahyaoğlu (GRAF020) please read: Gerard Delanty. The European Heritage from a Critical Cosmopolitan Perspective. LSE Europe in Question Discussion Paper Series. 19/2010 (This activity is organized as part of the enhanced institutional cooperation between Yasar University and University of Pittsburgh as part of FP7 project, EUGLOBAL) Reading List for Seminar on November 13, 17:00-18:30, Senate Room) Reading List for Seminar on November 6, 17:00-18:30, Senate Room) Reading List for Online Seminar with Uni.Pitt (October 16, 18:00-19:30) Senate Room
(Counter Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking Seminar)
23 Mart 2017, Antalya
Ege Sanayici ve İş Adamları Derneği, 22 Aralık 2016
15-16 December 2016, İzmir
Organized by Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM)
İzmir Valiligi İl Göç İdaresi Müdürlüğü
Sunum: Goc ve Uyum Politikalari
16.12.2016
Program
"Forced Migration: Structures, Actors, Processes"
November 24 – 27, 2016
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
"Turkey’s Evolving Immigration Policy and its Implications on Turkey-EU Relations"
“Migration as a Challenge in EU-Turkey Relations: Sharing Field Study Research Findings from Izmir” (MEDMIG Project Results)
Universita di Torino, 17 November 2016
Europe from Outside Seminars
Organized by Assembly of European Regions
9.11.2016
Registration: https://aer.eu/event/autumn-committees-plenary/
International Symposium on “Refugees and Migrants: A Global Problem or an Asset” jointly organised by Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA) & Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)
20-23 October 2016, Ankara
Paper Presentation: “Policy and Politics of European Migration Crisis: Insights from a Field Research in Izmir”
Tarih: 13-14 Ekim 2016
Yer: Yaşar Üniversitesi Konferans Salonu
"Avrupa'da Göçmen Sorununu Anlamak: MEDMIG Projesi Araştırma Bulguları"
Project Planning and EU Grant Programmes (Centralized Actions)
24-27 September 2016, Mersin
Ministry of Education Mersin Directorate General
Amsterdam, 9-10 June 2016
Keynote Speakers:
Helena LINDHOLM (University of Gothenburg) and Ayselin YILDIZ
NATO Allied Land Command, Izmir
27 May 2016
Panel organized by DAAD (Ankara), 24.05.2016
Koc University, MIREKOC and Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Center for Strategic Research
: in transit, stranded or settling down? Account from a key migration hub in Turkey"
18 March, 2016 at University of Oxford, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), South East European Studies (SEESOX)
Topic: Population and Migration
Session Coordinators: Christopher Blasco and Ayselin Yıldız
Topic: Conflict and Proliferation of Weapons
Session Coordinators: Christopher Blasco and Nazif Mandacı
Topic: Inequality and Poverty
