In the context of an ever-deepening economic crisis and entrenched political authoritarianism, the political ground for anti-migrant racism in Turkey is widening. The figure of “the migrant” has provided a common fertile ground against which various political positions have been able to mobilize..
Irem Kayıkçı and Helen Mackreath
Irem Kayıkçı is a socialist feminist who has been organizing with Mor Dayanışma [Purple Solidarity], an independent woman’s organization, for the last four years.
Helen Mackreath is a writer based in Istanbul and a PhD candidate in Sociology at the London School of Economics, studying the themes of racism, capitalism, and postcolonialism in relation to migrants in Istanbul.