Turkey migration management and instituonal migration authority head office sample

Migration is an important phenomenon that all societies have encountered throughout the human history. Societies have migrated for various reasons; propelled either by forced migration such as war, natural disaster; change of political regime, and security issues, or voluntarily for better life conditions. Migration cannot be described only as replacing. It is an international and a complex process with many aspects including social, psychological, and economic factors. Turkey has historically been at the center of mass migration as both emigrant and host country for its geostrategic position. Turkey has also become a transit country. It is observed that especially in recent years, our country faces an intense migration movement from the neighbouring countries. Even though the legal and institutional infrastructure of migration exists in Turkey, the events that took place in the country's geography and new international circumstances necessitated more comprehensive legal and institutional regulations. For this massive and intense migration movement, migration policies, Directorate General of Migration Management was established under the Ministry of Interior Affairs as the first center for taking institutional responsibility and centralizing the management of migration movement. In this study, firstly a conceptual and theoretical framework for migration, international migration, migration management and its necessity is drawn by considering the related issues. Following, the approaches to migration and migration movements from the Republic to the present day that shaped the migration policies are analysed. In this respect, the administrative organization of Migration Policies, Directorate General of Migration Management is discussed together with its operations and importance from a historical perspective. Accordingly, an extensive literature research is conducted, comparatively considering the subject.