Challenges and Opportunities of Migrant Entrepreneurship: Iranian Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Turkey and the European Union

Authors

  • Kerim Karadal Institute of Social Sciences, Management and Organization, Uludag University
  • Mortaza Chaychi Semsari Political Science and Public Administration, Istanbul University
  • Oğuz Keskin Political Science and Public Administration, Haci Bayram Veli University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51699/ajdes.v8i.211

Keywords:

Migration, Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Iran, Turkey, European Union Migration Policy

Abstract

The phenomenon of migration represents a process that continues from the past to the present. This process, along with the change it experienced in itself, expanded the content of migration by definition. Migration, which has become increasingly dynamic, has gained importance in the economic and political field as well as in the social field.

Today, immigration has influenced different areas from the economic growth of countries to their policies. In this context, migration has become a direct influence on the economic growth of countries, the emergence of immigrant entrepreneurship and the formation of migration policies, not displacement.

Migration is part of a multidimensional, complex and historical process. On this basis, limited or massive migration and displacement of groups of people who choose the option of migration for various natural, economic, social, and political or security reasons has always been witnessed. With this thought; Immigrants actually had to migrate either to escape from problems and difficulties.

In recent years, migration both at home and abroad; It has become one of the main concerns of governments. That is, migration, like other social and geographical phenomena, is both internal and international migration that includes migrant opportunities and some opportunities and challenges for migrants. In this article, based on a literature review, it is aimed to examine the issue of immigrant entrepreneurship and to provide suggestions for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and the development of social and economic opportunities based on the principles of development policies in Turkey and the EU to improve this category, quality of life.

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Karadal, K., Semsari, M. C., & Keskin, O. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities of Migrant Entrepreneurship: Iranian Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Turkey and the European Union. Academic Journal of Digital Economics and Stability, 8, 24–37. https://doi.org/10.51699/ajdes.v8i.211

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