A Historical Overview of Transnational Migration Patterns from Turkey to Poland

Abstract

MiReKoc Working Paper Series 01/2024 Immigration from Turkey to Poland is increasingly gaining attention in the academic realm. The influx of Turkish immigrants to Poland in the 1970s marked a relatively new phenomenon compared to migration processes from Turkey to other European countries. The mobility of Turkish immigrants to Poland primarily stems from economic reasons, a phenomenon that can be thoroughly elucidated through the lenses of “micro theories of neoclassical economics,” “migration systems theory,” and “network theory” (Karaköse, 2022, 2-22).