Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: Brain Drain: Causes and Consequences; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 The Neo-classical Migration Theory and New Economics of Labor Migration; 2.1.2 The Dependency Theory; 2.1.3 The Push-Pull Approach; 2.2 Causes and Consequences; 2.3 Brain Drain and Gender Inequality2; References; Chapter 3: Brain Drain in Turkey: A Literature Review; 3.1 Nonempirical Literature on the Brain Drain; 3.1.1 Institutional Structure and Development Plans

3.1.2 Nonempirical Literature on the Brain Drain3.2 Empirical Works; 3.2.1 Works of A. Tansel and N. Güngör; 3.3 Current Debates and Reverse Brain Drain; References; Chapter 4: A Brain Drain Survey; 4.1 Descriptive Statistics; 4.2 A Statistical Analysis; References; Chapter 5: The Transformation of Regime and Gender Inequality in Turkey; 5.1 Pre-AKP Period; 5.1.1 An Economic Fault Line; 5.1.2 Two More Fault Lines: The Kurdish Problem and Rising Political Islam; 5.2 The AKP Era: The Boiling Frog; 5.2.1 The AKP's Strongest Weapons: Islamic Charity and Conditional Cash Transfers

5.2.2 Deep Impact: Islamization of the Education System and Imam-Hatip Schools5.3 Gender Inequality in Turkey5; 5.3.1 Gender Inequality in Labor Market; 5.3.2 Education; 5.3.3 Violence Against Women; References; Chapter 6: Conclusion and Policy Recommendations; References; Appendix; Brain Drain Professional Survey; Brain Drain Student Survey; Index