The Book "Türkiye'de Balkanlar" (Balkans in Türkiye) Published!

The book Türkiye'de Balkanlar (Balkans in Türkiye) , edited by Prof. Dr. Ulaş Sunata, Founding Director of the Bahçeşehir University Center for Migration and Urban Studies (BAUMUS), was published by İletişim Publications in March 2023. The book welcomes readers with the chapter "We Come from the Balkans!" written by Sunata and continues with three main parts: "Migrations and Social Reflections", "Socio-Economic and Cultural Reflections" and "Political Reflections". Each part of this book, which examines the Balkan influence and presence in Türkiye in depth, features contributions by authors who are experts in their fields.

The first part includes Feryal Tansuğ's "Memory and Migration: The Experiences of Turks in the Population Exchange", Ayşe Parla's "Remembering Beyond the Border: Nostalgia Among Turkish Immigrants from Bulgaria", Selda Adiloğlu's "A Critical Look at Classical Balkan Migrations: Women's Migration Through Marriage", and Özlem Hocaoğlu and Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu's "Getting Used to Integration the Migrant Way, Loneliness the Child's Way: Undocumented Child Migration from Bulgaria to Türkiye (1995-2000)".

The second part includes Ersin Uğurkan's "Gastronomy in the Balkans: Common Heritage or Divergence?", Gökçe Bayındır Goularas and Dionysis Goularas's "Rebetiko, or a Memory of Migration", and Ahmet Ceylan and Leman İncedere's "A New Phase in Human Mobility from Bulgaria to Türkiye: The Case of Edirne in the Context of Border, Tourism and Trade".

The final part includes Sinem Arslan's "Balkan and Rumelian Turkish Associations: 'At Home Away from Home'", Tanıl Bora and Bayram Şen's "A Hidden Axis of Divergence: Rumelians vs. Anatolians, Those Who Came from 'the Other Side of the Water'...", and Dimitar Bechev's "Türkiye's Balkan Policy: Continuity and Change in the Erdoğan Era".

In addition, BAUMUS's valued young researchers contributed to the book with articles on the Balkan peoples and settlements, which have embodied great richness throughout history. You can access the "Let's Get to Know the Balkans" section of this book, layered like a matryoshka doll, via the linkor through the QR code in the book. We hope it reaches everyone interested and makes for an enjoyable read.