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This article examines the dynamics of voluntary return migration to the Kurdistan region of Iraq in the post-Saddam period and provides a contextualised analysis of the returnees' experiences in a rapidly shifting geopolitical situation in Kurdistan. It specifically focuses on examining how diasporans' motivations to return, as well as their plans to re-return, are shaped in relation to their experiences in host societies and in the 'homeland'. Drawing from qualitative interviews, it shows that Kurdish diasporans' return can be characterised as 'diasporic homecoming' as it is motivated by the desire to contribute to the economic and political development of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. However, the mismatch between expectations and 'homeland' realities combined with positive experiences and social capital accumulated in the host country makes plans for re-return more foreseeable and less risky. ; Peer reviewed

Le droit international des cours d'eau concernant le Tigre et l'Euphrate face à la politique turque des grandes barrages dans les sud-est anatolien. Les implications au niveau international et géopolitique, notamment vis à vis de la Syrie et l'Irak, ainsi les implications internes en particulier en lien avec les droits de l'homme affectés dans la région.

"Turkey's foreign policy in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan has mainly been guided by energy factor in the recent years. Particularly new oil discoveries and increasing trade with the Kurdistan Regional Government led Turkey to abandon its traditional Iraqi policy. This paper focuses on the AKP government's foreign policy in Iraq, the influence of the Arab Spring on the orientation of this policy, how energy politics became very important in Turkey's relations with Iraq, and its influence on the struggle with the PKK." (author's abstract)

In the historic heart of the huge Turkish metropolis, popular with tourists, Tarlabaşi is like a transit zone which hosts applicants to the passage in Europe applicants to the refugee status waiting for an answer from the UNHCR or even nonsuited applicants. The purpose of this article is to study the factors and favourable conditions that contributed to the emergence of this transit zone, the diversity that animates its flux, and the link between an urban project of "cleansing" and the transit movements. Obviously, the transit affects a zone already stigmatized, which shows a great precariousness and the presence of inland migrants, as well as the fact that such a project could jeoparadize the transit economy, or even find its justification in the suppression of it. (Maghreb-Machrek/GIGA)

Discusses the position of Turkey as a European state, its membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), difficulties in the way of membership in the European Union, influence of the military in economics and politics, status of the Kurdish minority, and other topics. Includes historical background and comparison with Germany in regard to treatment of minorities, particularly immigrants.