İltica ve göç üzerine pazarlık: AB ve Türkiye örneği

This study aims at examining and analyzing the mechanisms and dynamics of the negotiation process between the EU and Turkey on irregular migration and asylum. Main analysis is made by focusing on the negotiation processes of two major demands of the EU from Turkey on irregular migration and asylum: (a) lifting the geographical limitation from the 1951 Geneva Convention, and (b) signing a readmission agreement with the EU. Although the negotiation processes of these issues are held separately from the EU-Turkey accession negotiations, the EU membership prospect of Turkey is tightly connected to the outcomes of these negotiations. The study examines whether these negotiation processes are held in the framework of the global governance in a highly securitized framework. The methodological focus is qualitative. Mainly two data collection and data analyzing methods are used: (a) the field research consisted of meetings and semi-structured interviews, and (b) the secondary analysis of the existing statistics and documents. From an analysis of the preferences of the involved actors, it is found out that, the main issues, in which preferences of the involved actors mostly converge, are the significance of burden-sharing and a solid membership prospect for realization of both issues on the table. Additionally, despite of the state?s ongoing security discourse against migration, most of the actors involved have mainly prioritized the economic concerns, against the security related ones.