Ayselin
Yıldız

Prof.Dr. Ayselin YILDIZ is a faculty member of International Relations at Istinye University (Istanbul) and also affiliated scholar at Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc). She has extensive publications, research, projects and consultancy activities in the field of migration studies. She received her Phd in international relations and MSc in European Studies from Middle East Technical University (Turkey). She is the founding director of EU Center for 10 years (2005-2015) and founding...

Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1620
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-2367
LinkedIN	https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayselin/
Twitter	https://twitter.com/@Ayselin_Yildiz
Researcher ID	5984-2016
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ayselin-Yildiz

Expertise

Migration processes

Migration drivers
Migration forms
Migration infrastructures
- Human smugglers

Migration governance

Governance actors
- National governmental and state institutions
- Knowledge producers and providers
Immigrant policy and law
- Integration policies (legal, political, socio-economic, cultural) and access to services
- Citizenship, naturalisation and statelessness
Migration policy and law
Governance processes
- Extraterritorialisation (multi- and bi-national)

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

Migration research and theory
- Research-policy relations

Roles

Istinye University

University, Istanbul, Turkey
Istinye University

University, Istanbul, Turkey
Professor
Koç University

University, Istanbul, Turkey
Affiliated Scholar, Assoc.Prof.Dr.
Yaşar University

University, Izmir, Turkey
Academics-Adm.

Research

Migrants as agents in placemaking: A socio-spatial analysis of Basmane area in Izmir, Türkiye

Authors	Ayselin Yıldız, Aylin Gürel, Meltem Ö. Gürel
Year	2024
Journal Name	Wellbeing, Space and Society
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1 Journal Article

Inclusive Approach of Türkiye on Access and Integration of Refugees to Higher Education

Authors	Ayselin YILDIZ
Year	2023
Journal Name	Bilig
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2 Journal Article

Protracted displacement and housing systems in intermediary cities: the case of Syrians in Torbalı, Türkiye

Authors	Dolf J. H. te Lintelo, Ayselin Yıldız, Meltem Ö. Gürel, ...
Year	2023
Journal Name	International Journal of Housing Policy
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3 Journal Article

Constructions of Multiple Deservingness Frames towards Refugees in Everyday Work Life in İzmir

Authors	Selin Siviş, Ayselin Yıldız
Year	2023
Journal Name	Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS)	2

4 Journal Article

Turkey’s asylum policies over the last century: continuity, change and contradictions

Authors	Kemal Kirişci, Ayselin Yıldız
Year	2023
Journal Name	Turkish Studies
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5 Journal Article

Turkey's external differentiated integration with the EU in the field of migration governance

Authors	Ebru Turhan, Ayselin Yıldız
Year	2022
Book Title	The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union
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6 Book Chapter

Impact of the EU–Turkey Statement on Smugglers’ Operations in the Aegean and Migrants’ Decisions to Engage with Smugglers

Authors	Ayselin Yıldız
Year	2020
Journal Name	International Migration
Citations (WoS)	6

7 Journal Article

Integration of Refugee Students in European Higher Education Comparative Country Cases

Description	According to UNHCR, an estimated 68.5 million individuals are today forcibly displaced worldwide. Around half of the world’s refugees are children and young people under the age of 35. While many students are forced to abandone their studies in their home countries, only one percent of refugee youth is able to access and continue higher education. Evidence shows that despite a fundamental right to education, refugees and similar at-risk populations encounter significant challenges barring access to higher education. The situation also prevails in Europe. When confronted with dramatic increases of mass migration in 2015 and 2016, European countries did little to adjust access to higher education for refugees. With very few exceptions, there are still no specific national policy approaches among European countries. Higher education institutions are mostly left to their own practices to handle the issue. Emergency responses generally focus on providing limited numbers of competitive scholarships, linguistic support, and counseling services. However, large-scale, sustainable broad-based internationalization policies and frameworks are utterly lacking. While effective response to refugees’ higher education needs is a responsibility for all higher education institutions, rather than taking the lead to push for inclusive societies, universities have curbed their activities within the restricted legislative frameworks that create status-related obstacles for refugees. Accordingly, this report provides an overview and descriptive analysis of how selected countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, UK and Turkey) have responded to the massive inflow of refugees, as well as the policy practices they have developed concerning refugee students’ integration into higher education. Seeking to encourage sustainable policy responses and national frameworks, this report highlights these selected countries’ procedures to ensure access to higher education and also approaches to recognize foreign qualifications. It also examines particular challenges in the case of each country. The report limits its scope exclusively to refugee students, excluding practices developed for refugee academics/university staff. This report offers a contribution to the existing literature on educational policy for refugees and encourages higher education institutions to remember their central role as a driving force for social development and integration. Read More
Year	2019
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8 Report

Conclusion

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy

9 Book Chapter

Introduction

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy

10 Book Chapter

Implications of the External Dimension of European Immigration Policy for Turkey

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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11 Book Chapter

Institutionalization of the External Dimension of EU Immigration Policy

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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12 Book Chapter

Theorizing the External Dimension of EU’s Immigration Policy

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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13 Book Chapter

Implications of the External Dimension of European Immigration Policy for Morocco

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
Book Title	The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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14 Book Chapter

Limits to temporary protection: non-camp Syrian refugees in İzmir, Turkey

Authors	Ayselin Yıldız, Elif Uzgören
Year	2016
Journal Name	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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15 Journal Article

The European Union’s Immigration Policy

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2016
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16 Book

European Corporate Governance Institute

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yildiz
Year	2013
Book Title	Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility

17 Book Chapter

European Urban Charter 1992 and 2008

Authors	Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year	2013
Book Title	Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility
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18 Book Chapter

BREXIT, GÖÇ VE AVRUPA BÜTÜNLEŞME SÜRECİ

Authors	Ayselin YILDIZ
Year	2021
Journal Name	Ankara Avrupa Calismalari Dergisi

19 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Syrian Refugees’ Engagement in the Local Labour Market in Izmir, Turkey: Perspectives of Employers and Evidence - Based Policy Recommendations

Authors	Selin Siviş, Ayselin Yıldız
Description	This policy brief explores the perceptions of Turkish employers regarding Syrian refugees across various economic sectors in Izmir (Turkey) and reports the key issues raised by local actors concerning local labour market integration practices. The study is based on fieldwork carried out in Izmir between July and December 2017. It includes 40 semi-structured interviews conducted with Turkish employers, policy-makers, practitioners and NGO members. It provides an analysis particularly regarding Turkish employers’ perspectives at sectoral and local levels, towards employing Syrians. Finally, the study integrates employers’ perspectives into local actors’ broader labour market integration practices and makes some policy recommendations based on conclusions from evidence-based field research. In broader terms, the policy brief intends to contribute the literature and advise policy makers on how to eectively integrate refugees into the labour market through local level practices and interventions.
Year	2019
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1 Report

Ayselin Yıldız

Expertise

Migration processes

Migration drivers

Migration forms

Migration infrastructures

Migration governance

Governance actors

Immigrant policy and law

Migration policy and law

Governance processes

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

Migration research and theory

Disciplines

Disciplines

Subject Areas

Methods

Other

Qualitative research

Types of study

Geographies

Scope

UN Countries

Roles

Istinye University

Istinye University

Koç University

Yaşar University

Research

Suggested Research

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Ayselin
Yıldız