Mahir Şaul
Since 2010 Mahir Saul’s research has focused on international African migration to the countries of the Mediterranean basin and of Asia, within the framework of South-South migration. He spent several year-long periods of fieldwork in Istanbul on West and Central African migration to Turkey. Read More…

Projects & Events
📘 Migration from Africa to Turkey and Migration Theories: Workers, Bosses, Peddlers, Students, Athletes, Refugees
Some of the international migration that Turkey has received in the last four decades has come from sub-Saharan Africa. This book presents ten chapters on the different facets of this African migration, with an introduction that explores the conceptual framework, theoretical and political dimensions of international migration studies. These studies share a common methodological focus...
International Sub-Saharan Migrations to and Through Turkey and ICT’s
Residential and Working Districts of African Immigrants in Istanbul
African Film Festival at the Istanbul Modern Museum
African film series organized with the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Turkey.
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