Kemal KirisciAyselin Yildiz2025-10-0620231468-38491743-966310.1080/14683849.2023.2178306http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2023.2178306https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/6849This article explores Turkey's century-long asylum policies by highlighting two enduring policy considerations. The first is Turkey's process of convergence with the norms and principles of the global refugee regime. The second is the persistent practice of granting refugees protection of a temporary nature. These two policy considerations are discussed by employing the conceptual frameworks of 'policy diffusion' and the 'nationalizing migration state.' The study concludes that Turkey's asylum policies have been shaped by the tension between these two policy considerations over the past century.EnglishTurkey, refugees, UNHCR, 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees, League of NationsIMMIGRATION, DIFFUSION, POLITICS, DIASPORA, REFUGEESArticle