Undocumented Migrant Women in Turkey: Legislation, Labour and Sexual Exploitation
Undocumented Migrant Women in Turkey: Legislation, Labour and Sexual Exploitation

Author(s): Emel Coşkun
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: undocumented work;gender; women; migration; Turkey
Summary/Abstract: Turkey, a traditionally migrant sending county, has become a destination and transit country for migration and refugee movements since early 1990s. Today, in addition to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, more than 2.7 million Syrians living in Turkey under “temporary protection” status. Previous research suggests that political changes in neighbouring areas, being located at conjunction of the East and West, a closer and cheaper neighbouring country with a relaxed visa regime, and the European Union's (EU) restrictive migration policies made Turkey more attractive for many migrants and tourists (İçduygu and Kirişçi, 2009). Initially, a significant number of transit migrants and asylum seekers, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran but also from several African and Asian countries came to Turkey to find their way to enter the wealthy Europe since 1990s.

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