Turkey's Diaspora Governance: Policies from the Past to the Present

This book examines Turkey's evolving diaspora policies, analysing how the state engages, controls, and mobilizes its overseas communities as tools of diplomacy and nation-building. Through an interdisciplinary lens, it highlights the political, ideological, and cultural motivations driving Turkey’s approach, particularly under the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) influence.

In recent decades, Turkey’s approach to its diaspora has undergone a dramatic transformation. From viewing its emi...