From the Editor

Öz

While the April 2024 issue of our Journal was coming out, one of the most important events that Turkey experienced was undoubtedly the local elections on March 31. Politics has again affected our lives as an important factor at every level. So much so that many comments were made about the local elections in Turkey, concerning not only national but also international relations. For example, it was said that the winner of the tense relations or war between the USA and the EU was clearly the EU. One of the main reasons for this was cited as the EU's support for Turkey, which acts as a buffer for immigrants. The loser was the USA, which, although first seeing Turkey as a strategic partner, later reduced it to the guardian of the Middle East due to its security-first policies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• migration
• sociological concepts
• folk sociology