Role of Local Governments in Planning and Comprehensive Policy Making in Istanbul: The Case of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cover Image

Göçle İlgili Planlama ve Kapsayıcı Politikaların Üretilmesinde İstanbul'daki Yerel Yönetimlerin Rolü - İBB Deneyimi
Role of Local Governments in Planning and Comprehensive Policy Making in Istanbul: The Case of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Author(s): Papatya Bostancı, Ezgi Durmaz
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Rural and urban sociology, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration governance; inclusive policy; local governance; migration; urban refugees;

Summary/Abstract: Problems that have been attributed to migrants and refugees, most of whom live in big cities, are intertwined with urban problems. As the main actors of local governance, municipalities have been pushed to develop policies in this field. In this study, the role of Istanbul district municipalities in planning and developing inclusive policies in migration have been discussed by examining the way migration is included into their strategic plans and migration-related activities. In this context, the attitudes of the district municipalities of Istanbul with regards to providing services to migrants and refugees living in the city were evaluated. The migration policy and related practices of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), which has been being transformed in the new administrative period, were discussed on the basis of inclusiveness.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-21
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Turkish