Abstract:

With the momentum in the world context in the 21st century, the reflections of the struggles in the geopolitical axis in the economic sphere have revealed new problems that have different forms, such as the global immigration issue, and have real political implications. The most important developments in the 21st century that gave a new direction to the immigration phenomenon were these collective movements, which were called the "Arab Spring" as a result of social protests that began in North Africa in 2011 and then spread to the countries of the Middle East, and which included demands for a change of political regimes in many countries. It has not only influenced the region’s countries, it has also led to the acceleration of the mass flows of refugees starting from here to the developed countries. As a result of the 2008 global financial crisis and the Eurozone debt crisis, countries struggling with developments that have profoundly affected the international economic functioning have given weight to their defense spending due to increased geopolitical risks and political vulnerabilities. The spread of regional developments within a specific process has resulted in the effects of the functioning of the global economic order in different areas. In this context, the migration/immigrant crisis that rises from the Middle East to the whole world has forced the current economic position of the states to change. The social and political demands, which are different from the pur economic approach presented in the framework of labour supply and demand that is the basis of the neoliberal immigration theory, have led to the re-interference of the economic functions of the state in the developed and developing countries, mainly in Turkey. For this purpose, the study has sought to identify the new wave of migration that has become a refugee crisis since 2011 and the influence of the role of the state in the European Union (EU) and the Turkey economy through which parameters and the impact of this on the relations between Turkey and the EU.

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