Contextual (De)Securitization Of Migration In Turkish Parliamentary Debates

A significant strand of the migration–security literature approaches migration through a largely singular security discourse, an orientation that tends to obscure its articulation across different political and policy arenas. Drawing on parliamentary debates on migration in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA), this article shows that migration in Türkiye is framed not through a unified security logic but across multiple security registers that vary by context. Based on qualitative discourse analysis supported by MAXQDA-assisted coding, the study traces how migration is articulated across debates on security policy, the economy, public services, social cohesion, demographic change, as well as foreign policy relations. The findings indicate that securitization and desecuritization operate through contextual reconfiguration rather than a fixed trajectory.