Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
EGE ACADEMIC REVIEW, sa.4, ss.517-525, 2017 (ESCI)
In this study, the relationship between biopolitics and the state is examined through the case of Iraqi refugees in Turkey. At this point, transformation and administration of the state, as well as the political term of it, are examined both sociologically and historically; then different definitions and debates about biopolitics are discussed. In particular, French philosopher Foucault's approach of biopolitics is examined in terms of immigrants. The place of the concept of biopolitics in migration practices, biopolitical precautions against immigrants/refugees and the migration-biopolitics relationship are studied. Turkey's migration regime and history along with the migration acquis in Turkey are also examined by using content analysis, discourse analysis and case analysis methods with a postpositive perspective in the study. In conclusion section, the current migration practices and acquis in Turkey are analyzed by comparing the results of interviews with migrations and Iraqi refugees in Turkey and the analyses of work. In this sense, this study addresses the concepts with a post-positivist and interpretive paradigm by using both qualitative and quantitative methods and offers a different point of view with an interdisciplinary approach to migration in the literature.