Information Package / Course Catalogue
Migration Studies
Course Code: INR417
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

The course aims to provide information on the main issues such as international refugee law, the foreigners and asylum law of Turkey, migration and refugee policies of the host countries. These issues enables the students to be employed in the General Directorate of Immigration of the Ministry of Interior, the High Commissioner of the United Nations or the research centers of the research centers.

Course Content

Migration types, international refugee law, foreigners and asylum law of Turkey, immigration policies of states such as USA, EU members and Russia.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Enable to establish link between states' migration policies and national interests
2.Enable to understand the structure of the international refugee law
3. Enable to understand the link between economy and migration.
4. Enable to understand the effect of the states' migration poolicies on the migrants and refugees.
5. Enable to understand the causes and outcomes of the international migration.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Cohen, J., and SIRKECI, I. (2011) Cultures of Migration, the Global Nature of Contemporary Mobility, University of Texas Press, Austin, USA
2.Güler, Arzu. 2016. “Mülteci Sorunu ve 1951 Mültecilerin Hukuki Durumuna İlişkin Sözleşme: Siyasi Gerçeklik ve Normatif Düzen İkilemi,” Uluslararası İlişkiler 13(51): 41-61.
3.Ergüven, Nasıh S. Ve Beyza Özturanlı. 2013. “Uluslararası Mülteci Hukuku ve Türkiye,” Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 62(4): 1007-1061
4.Kaya, İbrahim ve Esra Yılmaz Eren. 2014. “Türkiye’deki Suriyelilerin Hukuki durumu: Arada kalanların hakları ve yükümlülükleri”, SETA
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Types of Migration and Causes
Week 3 - Theoretical
Forced Migration
Week 4 - Theoretical
Forced Migration
Week 5 - Theoretical
Forced Migration
Week 6 - Theoretical
The exclusion from the refugee status
Week 7 - Theoretical
Turkey's migration policy
Week 8 - Theoretical
Temporary Protection and Syrians / EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement
Week 9 - Theoretical
EU Migration Policies
Week 10 - Theoretical
USA Migration Policies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Russian and Israel Migration Policies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Current issues
Week 13 - Theoretical
Current issues
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussions and review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1453112
Midterm Examination125126
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)169
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
5
5
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5
5
5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
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5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026