Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas

This handbook, the first of its kind, provides a rich overview of the socio-political issues and dynamics impacting Turkey-s diasporic groups and diaspora policymaking.

Turkey constitutes an important case study in the field of diaspora studies with a diaspora population of around 6.5 million. This handbook therefore brings together emerging and established scholars to explore the central issues, actors, and processes relating to Turkey-s diasporic groups and diaspora outreach. Taken together, the historical and contemporary analyses presented in this volume provide readers a multi-lens perspective on the trajectories of Turkey-s diasporic communities and diaspora policymaking in a wide range of regional contexts, including Europe, North America, and Oceania. The handbook comprises six analytical parts:

• Contextualising Turkey-s diasporas: past and present
• Localisation, transnational belongings, and identity
• Governing diasporas
• Micro-spaces an