Editors’ letter

Abstract

New Perspectives on Turkey’s issue number 66 features a special dossier on women’s care burden, three independent articles, and a commentary. The special dossier on care work and women’s disproportionate share in it covers issues whose importance has been brought home once more since the pandemic. The independent articles are also part of ongoing scholarly debates in Turkey. As we marked with a commentary by Erol Yildiz in issue number 65, 2021 was the sixtieth anniversary of the labor migra tion agreement between Turkey and Germany. While Turkey itself has become a migration country, migration to Europe is ongoing and continues to be a topic of scholarly discussion. Another issue that deserves scholarly attention in Turkey is the mushrooming of mega development projects. The building of mega projects means, among other things, the extravagant expenditure of public funds, which has drained the Turkish economy in recent years. That brings us to another current debate, namely the fragility and mismanagement of the Turkish economy, which has culminated in a currency crisis at the end of 2021. This issue also includes an article on literary studies. In this letter, we provide an overview of how these topics are treated in this issue of the journal.