Iranian Refugees in Transit - Exile and the Politics of Survival in Turkey After the 1979 Revolution

"This book examines the dynamics of Iranian political refugees settling in and migrating through Turkey after the 1980 coup and how they were able to influence its asylum policies. Maral Jefroudi presents a comprehensive picture of one of the biggest migration waves in contemporary history. Bringing together interviews with refugees from the period, analysing the cultural products by and on them, and tracing their footsteps in newspapers, archives, and scholarly literature, this book presents a thorough ethnography of Iranians in transit in Turkey after the 1979 Revolution"--

About the author

Maral Jefroudi is Co-Director of the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE), Amsterdam. She studied in Bogaziçi University, Istanbul and received her PhD from the International Institute of Social History (IISH) and Leiden University in 2017. She is a co-editor of Iran in the Middle East: Transnational Encounters and Social History (2015, I.B. Tauris).

Product details

• Authors: Maral Jefroudi, Maral Jefroudi
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9780755648139
• ISBN: 978-0-7556-4813-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Iran, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Middle Eastern history, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum