PhD (2018) Social and Cultural Anthropology , University of Oxford
M.A. (2008) Sociology, Boğaziçi University
B.A. (2005) Social Anthropology and Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Journal articles:
2025. Biehl, K. and D. Danis. “Constrained Paths: Legal Status and Mobility Governance of Syrian Refugees after the 2023 Earthquakes." Journal of Refugee Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaf058
2025. Saparova, M. and K. Biehl. “Brokered Bureaucracy: Commodified Integration in Arrival Spaces in Istanbul.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2546503
2022. Biehl, K. “Spectrums of in/formality and il/legality: negotiating business and migration related statuses in arrival spaces.” Migration Studies. 10:2, 112-129.
2020. Biehl, K. “A dwelling lens: migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighborhood.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43:12, 2236-2254
2015. ‘Spatializing diversities, diversifying spaces: housing experiences and home-space perceptions in a migrant hub of Istanbul.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 38(4): 596-607.
2015. ‘Governing through Uncertainty: Experiences of being a refugee in Turkey as a transit country for asylum.’ Social Analysis, 59(1): 57-75.
2014. ‘Migration, urban space and diversity: a case from Istanbul.’ Insight Turkey, 16 (4): 55-63.
2014. ‘Infection of the Invisible: Impressions of a Tuberculosis Intervention Program for Migrants in Istanbul.’ Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (Co-authored with Y. Yasin and M. Erol)
Books
2020. Biehl, K. ve D. Danış (Eds.) Toplumsal Cinsiyet Perspektifinden Türkiye’de Göç Araştırmaları (Migration Research in Turkey from a Gender Perspective). SU Gender Publications. https://sugender.sabanciuniv.edu/en/su-gender-publications
Book chapters:
2023. Semih, S., K. S. Biehl, O. Ertem and I. E. Ova. "Curious Steps: Feminist Collective Walking and Storytelling for Memory, Healing, and Transformation". We, the City: Plurality and Resistance in Berlin and Istanbul, edited by Tuba İnal-Çekiç and Urszula Ewa Woźniak, Berlin, Boston: JOVIS, 2023, pp. 115-131. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868598322-008
2019. Biehl, K. Kent Mülteciliği, Topluma Dayalı Koruma ve Toplum Merkezleri (Urban Refugees, Community-based Protection and Community Centers). Mekanda Adalet ve Mültecilik (eds. Aslı İkizoğlu Erensu ve Yunus Doğan Telliel).Beyond.istanbul yayınları.
2018. Biehl, K. “Living Together in Ambivalence in a Migrant Neighborhood of Istanbul.” In Nora Fischer Onar, Susan C. Pearce and Fuat Keyman (eds), Istanbul: Living with Difference in a Global City. Rutgers University Press.
2017. Biehl, K. “Irregular migrants and negotiated urban space in Istanbul.” In Fatma Muge Gocek (ed.), Contested Spaces in Turkey: Politics of the Urban, Secular, Legal and Environmental. London: IB Tauris
2017. Biehl, K. “Spaces of inclusion or exception? The experience and regulation of citizenship in a space of irregularity in Istanbul.” In Roberto G. Gonzales and Nando Sigona (eds.), Within and Beyond Citizenship: Borders, Membership and Belonging. Routledge.
2013. Icduygu, A. and Biehl, K. “The Changing Trajectory of Migration to Turkey.” In M. Balbo, A. Icduygu and J. Perez(Eds.), Countries of Migrants, Cities of Migrants: Italy, Spain, Turkey, Istanbul: Isis Press.
2013. Biehl, K. “New Migrations to Istanbul and Emerging Local Practices.” In M. Balbo, A. Icduygu and J. Perez (Eds.),Countries of Migrants, Cities of Migrants: Italy, Spain, Turkey, Istanbul: Isis Press.
Reports and Working papers:
2024. Biehl, K. and E. Guler. Fostering social cohesion and living together in the aftermath of Syrian migrations to Turkey: The role of NGOs. Anna Lindh Foundation: EUROMED, Knowledge4Action grant program report.
2024. Biehl, K. and A. Ikizoglu. Evaluation of Social Cohesion Approaches of Public Institutions and International Organizations Working on Migration in Turkey. Confidential research deliverable prepared as part of Tubitak project: Studying social cohesion … (see above under projects)
2023. Wessendorf, S., K. Biehl, T. Monson and M. Saparova. Cross-site exchange and compilation report. Confidentialresearch deliverable prepared as part of the Horizon 2020 project: ReRoot (see above under projects)
2023. Danis, D., K. Biehl and E. Kablan. Göç ve deprem III - İstanbul'a gelen depremzede mültecilere yönelik kabul ve dışlama mekanizmaları (Migration and Earthquake III: Reception and exclusion mechanisms facing refugee earthquake survivors arriving in Istanbul). Migration Research Association. https://gocarastirmalaridernegi.org/attachments/article/322/goc-ve-deprem-durum-tespit-raporu-iii.pdf
2022. Eren Benlisoy, Z. C., K. Biehl and M. Acikgoz. Country report on Turkey: Post-2014 migrants’ access to housing, employment and other crucial resources in small- and medium-sized towns and rural areas in Turkey. Whole-comm research deliverable. https://whole-comm.eu/deliverables/country-report/country-report-on-integration-turkey/
2022. Acikgoz, M., K. Biehl and Z. C. Eren Benlisoy. Country report on Turkey: Immigrant integration in small and medium-sized towns and rural areas: local policies and policymaking relations in Turkey. Whole-comm research deliverable. https://whole-comm.eu/deliverables/country-report/country-report-on-multilevel-dynamics-turkey/
2022. Biehl, K. and O. Aslan. Migration and Environment from a Gender Perspective: Examples from Civil society in Turkey. SU Gender Publications. https://sugender.sabanciuniv.edu/en/su-gender-publications
2021. Soykan, C., K. Biehl and C. Hazan. Women Refugees and Gender Equality: A Mapping and Monitoring Study. CEID Publications. https://dspace.ceid.org.tr/xmlui/handle/1/1801
2019. Aydın-Düzgit, S., F. Keyman and K. Biehl. Changing Parameters of Migration Cooperation: Beyond the EU-Turkey Deal. Istanbul Policy Center Publications. https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/publications
2019. Biehl, K. Urban community centres in Turkey: Understanding the diversity of contemporary practices. Istanbul Policy Center Publications. https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/publications
2014. Biehl, K. “Exploring migration, diversification and urban transformation in contemporary Istanbul: The case of Kumkapi.” MMG Working Paper 14-11.
2013. Biehl, K. “New Diversities in Istanbul: Setting a Research Agenda for Studying Migration and the City.” SSIIM UNESCO Chair Paper Series, Universita IUAV di Venezia.
2008. Biehl, K. “Migration ‘Securitization’ and its Everyday Implications: an examination of Turkish asylum policy and practice.” Best Participant Essays Series 2009/01, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI).
2008. Biehl, K. Migrant Cities Research: Istanbul. British Council, November 2008. (Co-authored with A. Icduygu)