Data Package: Task 4.2 – Interview Transcripts and Notes – Turkey – Discourses

For this task, 14 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), 15 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) (with 5-6 participants each), and one validation workshop (with 4 participants) were conducted in Turkey, all in Turkish. KII participants included key informants from NGOs and civil society, media, government, host communities, and returnee groups. FGD participants included stakeholders, women and men returnees and non-migrants. The validation workshop consisted of selected participants from the KIIs and FGDs. All data were transcribed or documented through notes and translated into English. The research aimed to explore the main public discourses and counter-discourses on immigration, emigration, and return in Turkey. It also sought to better understand how such discourses are produced and to explore the lived experiences surrounding them. KIIs focused on the following themes: (1) Introduction and Conceptualisation, (2) Main Public Discourses and Counter-Discourses on Return Migration, (3) Discourses Linked to Policies and Lived Experiences, (4) Recommendations, and (5) Wrap-Up. FGDs were conducted in three different steps: Step 1 focused on Representations on Return and Creators and Disseminators of Representation; Step 2 on Personal Experience of Representations and Representation of Others; finally, Step 3 focused on Imaginaries and Decision-Making, and Aspirations for the Future. The Validation Workshop aimed to present preliminary findings and to validate or identify gaps in the research. The total size of the KII and FGD transcript and notes files (.docx) is approximately 18.3 MB. Anonymized interview transcripts will remain closed for the following reasons: 1) lack of interviewee(s) consent to share data beyond consortium 2) high risk of de-identification due to small size of researched community, 3) high sensitivity of the topics discussed (mostly related to return migration diplomacy and interstate relations).本研究在土耳其开展，全程使用土耳其语，共实施14次关键人物访谈（Key Informant Interviews, KIIs）、15次焦点小组讨论（Focus Group Discussions, FGDs，每场包含5至6名参与者）以及1场验证研讨会（共4名参与者）。关键人物访谈的受访者涵盖非政府组织与公民社会、媒体、政府、接待社区以及返国群体中的关键知情人；焦点小组讨论的参与者包括利益相关者、男女返国移民与非移民群体；验证研讨会的参与人员均选自关键人物访谈与焦点小组讨论的参与者。所有研究数据均通过笔录或纸质笔记进行记录，并翻译为英文。 本研究旨在探究土耳其境内围绕移民、出境移民及返国移民的主流公共话语与反话语，同时进一步明晰此类话语的生成机制，并探索与之相关的个体现实经历。关键人物访谈围绕以下五大主题展开：（1）引言与概念化阐释；（2）返国移民相关的主流公共话语与反话语；（3）与政策及现实经历相关的话语；（4）对策建议；（5）总结收尾。焦点小组讨论分三阶段开展：第一阶段聚焦返国移民的话语表征及其创作与传播主体；第二阶段围绕个体对表征的体验及对他人的表征展开；第三阶段则关注想象建构与决策制定，以及未来愿景。本次验证研讨会旨在展示初步研究成果，对现有研究内容进行验证，并识别研究中存在的缺口。 关键人物访谈与焦点小组讨论的转录文本及笔记文件（格式为.docx）总大小约为18.3 MB。 匿名化后的访谈转录文本将不予公开，具体原因如下：1）受访者未同意将数据分享至研究联盟之外；2）研究社区规模较小，存在较高的身份反推风险；3）讨论话题敏感度较高，主要涉及返国移民外交与国家间关系。