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Item Open Access Media representations of migrant sex workers from former Soviet Union countries in Turkey(Bilkent University, 2016-05) Zhidkova, TatianaThis dissertation examines media representations of migrant sex labor of women former Soviet Union countries in Turkey. Treating mass media as an instrument of state hegemony and patriarchy, this study uses a Marxist feminist and historical materialist theoretical framework to examine media representations of migrant sex labor. The methodology applied in the study is conventional content analysis conducted with the help of NVivo 11 software and discourse analysis. In order to examine media representations of migrant sex labor in Turkey, a content analysis of 990 articles in five Turkish newspapers (Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet, Milliyet, Sabah and Zaman) is conducted for the period of 1992-2014. It is argued that the media as an ideological platform in which state hegemony is being reproduced was the most important factor shaping public opinion about the issue of migrant sex labor in Turkey starting from the 1990s. Discussing media representations of the issue and its key aspects such as supply and demand sides of migrant sex labor, the author examines the role of the media in facilitating exploitation of migrant women’s sexual labor as a problem of both capitalist and patriarchal exploitation. Critical discussion of the literature on the topic of the interaction between the media and the state, and literature on irregular migration and human trafficking of migrant women in Turkey is also provided in this study.Item Open Access Prevention of irregular migration(Bilkent University, 2006) İşaşır, EmirPeople have been moving throughout history. These movements may be either obligatory due to natural disasters, wars and famines or voluntary such as the movements to find more fertile lands or new jobs. The movements of people have been limited by the immigration policies of receiving countries. Although developed countries are willing to accept migrant workers in economic boom years, they do their best to limit their entrance in stagnation periods. As a last resort, people use the deficiencies in legal and physical measures to enter the destination countries illegally. These people are mostly employed in the jobs shunned by the natives and therefore they are still welcomed implicitly. Receiving states try to prevent illegal immigration waves as they are seen as a threat to the sovereignty, and more recently, the security of the states. This thesis analyzes the measures to be taken in prevention of illegal migration and tries to bring new solutions to the problem.Item Open Access State's response to transnational human trafficking : the cases of Russia and Turkey(Bilkent University, 2011) Zhidkova, TatianaIn the aftermath of globalization, it has become increasingly easier for non-state actors to develop in transnational networks, thus jeopardizing domestic security and political stability of states. Studying the influence of transnationalism on non-state actors could help these states develop new strategies of dealing with criminal networks. The present thesis is trying to answer the following research question: “What is the states’ response to transnationalism in terms of their dealing with human trafficking networks?” It examines the way the state is adapting itself to transnational security challenges posed by violent non-state actors (VNSAs). To this end, comparative case studies method is used by means of comparing Russia and Turkey’s responses to human trafficking. The basic conclusion of the author is that Russia and Turkey’s responses to human trafficking have been very different due to the impact of two main factors. First, it is the degree of the international pressure that determined the state’s willingness to take human trafficking challenge seriously. Second, the degree of the state’s success in its anti-trafficking policy is also influenced by the political regime of this state. Thus, international pressure and political regime both have an impact on the state’s response to the transnational security threat of human trafficking