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Historically, the deportation of foreigners has been considered as an indispensable tool used by nation states firstly for the construction of their “imagined communities” and then for the implementation of their migration policies. In this regard, Turkey has not been an exception. As it is rapidly becoming a country of immigration, the deportation of foreigners has become an essential tool for its migration policies. Based on different research, in this paper, we will analyse the deportation of foreigners in Turkey with a focus on the Law on Foreigners and International Protection and the Directorate General of Migration Management founded recently. We will try to explain some of the main changes in the case of the Kocaeli district after April 2014 when the above-mentioned Law entered into force. Evidence shows that despite contrary claims and the changes in legal framework, the deportation process is still being directed by police officers as it used to be before this law.

For some time now, the European Court of Human Rights is under substantial pressure. From a case overload crisis it stumbled into a legitimacy crisis with regard to certain countries. This should be taken seriously, since scholars warn that institutions with eroding legitimacy risk demise or reform. The goal of this volume is to explore how widespread this critical attitude of the European Court of Human Rights really is. It also assesses to what extent such criticism is being translated in strategies at the political level or at the judicial level and brings about concrete changes in the dynamics between national and European fundamental rights protection. The book is topical and innovative, as these questions have so far remained largely unexplored, especially cross-nationally.
Far from focusing exclusively on those voices that are currently raised so loud, conclusions are based on comparative in-depth reports, covering fifteen Contracting Parties and the EU.

With contributions of Olgun Akbulut, Tilmann Altwicker, Katarzyna Blay-Grabarczyk, Anna Gamper, Janneke Gerards, Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, Sarah Lambrecht, Koen Lemmens, Lubomir Majerčík, Giuseppe Martinico, Roger Masterman, Aaron Matta, Christophe Maubernard, Armen Mazmanyan, Katharina Pabel, Eszter Polgári, Patricia Popelier, Clara Rauchegger, Michael Reiertsen and Henrik Wenander.