The Event of Bulgaria Migration and the Discourses of Nationalism and Gender in Ahmet Er's Theaters
The Event of Bulgaria Migration and the Discourses of Nationalism and Gender in Ahmet Er's Theaters

Author(s): Başak Akar, Özge Öz Döm, Melike Güngör
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Studies in violence and power, Nationalism Studies, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; Bulgaria; migration; Ahmet Er; theater; forced migration; nationalism; gender;
Summary/Abstract: Migration mainly refers to the “permanent movement of persons over significant distance” (Sills and others, 1968, p.286). In addition, another typology of forced migration is defined as migration is a result of coercion and crisis. The definition provided by the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, is the movements of refugees and internally displaced people (those displaced by conflicts) as well as people displaced by natural or environmental disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine, or development projects (IASFM, 2015). Not only are the reasons for the migration important but so are the crises behind these migrations (Kuhlman, 2000, pp.4-5). So, the agents of forced migration can be the state, terrorist groups, commercial entities, and natural disasters; however mainly violence and persecution are the main reasons behind it (Kuhlman, 2000, p.5). These forced and involuntary migrations can be categorized into three subcategories. The first one is ethnic dilution, the second one is ethnic consolidation and the third category is ethnic cleansing defined as forcing undesired population to flee from that specific area (Bookman, 1997, pp. 122-125). The methods of ethnic cleansing are “…coerced departures, harassment to induce departure, cultural cleansing, payment for expulsion and genocide” (Bookman, 1997, pp.133 – 137).

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