Yüksek Nitelikli Göçmenlerin Siyasal Katılımı ve Medya Kullanımı

Year 2018, Issue: 8, 99 - 122, 18.12.2018

İşıl Zeynep Turkan Ipek

Abstract

Yüksek nitelikli göçmenlerin hareketliliği ve beyin göçü önemli bir araştırma konuları olmakla beraber, aynı zamanda çoğu araştırmacının da dikkatini çekmektedir. Özellikle Türkiye’nin toplumsal yapısı ve siyasal sistemindeki değişimle beraber, daha sıklıkla, yüksek nitelikli kişilerin Türkiye’den yurt dışına doğru göç hareketliliği ile karşı karşıya kalmaktayız. Bu makalenin esas amacı, birçok yayınlanmış makalenin konusu olmuş olan, beyin göçünün veya yüksek nitelikli göçmenlerin temel göç nedenleri veya motivasyonları değildir. Buna karşın, bu çalışma, yüksek nitelikli göçmenlerin iletişim araçlarıyla olan ilişkilerini göstermek ve bu kişilerin ev sahibi ülke ve/veya misafir olunan ülkedeki siyasal katılım örüntülerini incelemektir. Bu çalışmanın verileri, gelişmiş ülkelerde yaşayan ve en az üniversite derecesine sahip yüksek nitelikli 320 Türk arasında çevrimiçi gerçekleştirilmiş anket sonuçlarından oluşmaktadır. Bu örneklemin yurtdışında yaşayan tüm Türkleri temsil etme iddiası bulunmamakla birlikte, amaç, hem basın yoluyla hem de güncel göç araştırmalarıyla da ortaya çıkan, yüksek nitelikli Türklerin gelişmekte olan ülkelere doğru sürekli devam eden göç hareketliliği gerçeğinin altını çizmektir. Bu sebeple, bu çalışma siyasal katılım ve iletişim arasındaki ilişkiyi, mikro bir örneklem olan yüksek nitelikli Türk göçmenleri üzerinden, bu grubun toplumsal ve siyasi eğilimlerini anlamaya da çalışarak, göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Yüksek Nitelikli Göçmen, Beyin Göçü, Siyasal Katılım, iletişim, siyaset sosyolojisi

Political Participation and Media Use of Highly Qualified Migrants

Abstract

The migration flow of high-skilled migrants and brain drain have been important subjects of research and drawing the attention of many researchers. Especially, in Turkey, by the change of the social structure and political system, we started to face more and more the migratory movement of high-skilled people from Turkey to live abroad. The main objective of this article is not to mention the main reasons or motivations of this immigration, which is the very subject of other published articles; however the main objective is to show the relation of high-skilled Turkish migrants with communication tools and examine their political participation patterns in home and host country. The data was collected by an online survey realized between 320 high-skilled Turkish migrants living abroad and having at least a university degree. The population of the research has not the aim to represent all Turks living abroad; instead it indicates the sharp reality of the continuing migration flow of Turkish high-skilled migrants. This study aims to show the relation between political participation and communication by the case study of a very specific population, Turkish high-skilled migrants, in order to understand the basic social and political tendencies of this population.

Keywords

High-Skilled Migrant, Brain Drain, Political Participation, Communication, Political Sociology

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