Migration as movement and multiplace life: Some recent developments in rural living structures in turkey


ÖZTÜRK M., Hilton A., Jongerden J.

Population, Space and Place, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.370-388, 2014 (SSCI, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/psp.1828
  • Dergi Adı: Population, Space and Place
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.370-388
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: migration, village formation, rural-urban relations, multiplace settlement patterns, agriculture, living structures, Turkey
  • Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Discussing recent trends and developments in migration and mobility affecting what may be referred to as a 'reconstitution' of villages, this paper discusses the changing character of rural settlement and settlement patterns in Turkey today. The binary division of rural and urban is questioned through a dialectical/relational approach to settlement formation, while settlement is defined by relation to (human) movement, itself understood as incorporating the modalities of migration and mobility. By focusing on the socio-economics of increasing affluence, the advance of capital generally, and the introduction of neoliberalism into agriculture in particular, a number of contemporary rural-oriented (migratory/mobility) movements and 'living structures' are investigated, which, taken together, suggest a growing development of 'dual settlement' and 'multiplace hybrid' life. The paper concludes with a typology of villages and some thoughts on the theoretical implications of this study. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.