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    Bargaining with place: experiences of “privilege” by European migrants in Turkey
    (N/A, 2020) İrgil, Ezgi; Department of International Relations; Department of Sociology; Department of International Relations; Department of Sociology; Cöbek, Gözde; Faculty Member; Teaching Faculty; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 238439; N/A
    This paper unpacks how European migrants living in Turkey experience their privileged status and how they engage in different forms of bargaining with place. Deriving from the literature on lifestyle migration, the article examines the experiences of relative privilege that enabled this group of immigrants to live a good life both financially and emotionally. This study shows that the privileges that come with a strong passport are not independent from the insecurity arising from the structural, economic and political conditions in the country of immigrants. It also explains how they bargain with place to deal with the precarious situations they experience. We introduce the term “place bargainers” mainly refering to the mobility practices of privileged migrants. Hence, we open up the material, cultural, spatial and affective forms of the concept of “privilege”. The empirical evidence for our argument is drawn from 18 indepth interviews conducted with Polish and British migrants, living in Turkey as part of a larger project. / Bu makale, Türkiye'de yaşayan Avrupa doğumlu göçmenlerin coğrafi eşitsizlikler ve mekâna dayalı ayrıcalıklı göçmen olma deneyimi üzerinedir. Yaşam tarzı göçü literatüründen yola çıkarak bu göçmen grubunun maddi ve duygusal anlamda iyi bir yaşam sürmelerini sağlayan göreceli ayrıcalık deneyimlerini irdelemektedir. Bu çalışma, güçlü pasaport ile gelen ayrıcalıklarının, göçmenlerin bulundukları ülkedeki yapısal, ekonomik ve politik koşullardan kaynaklanan güvencesizlik koşullarından bağımsız olmadığını göstermektedir. Bunun yanında, yaşadıkları güvencesiz durumlarla başa çıkmak için mekânla nasıl pazarlık ettiklerini açıklamaktadır. Bu bağlamda araştırmamız, ayrıcalıklı göçmenlerin hareketlilik pratiklerinden yola çıkarak “mekân pazarlıkçıları” kavramını önermektedir. Böylelikle makale, “ayrıcalık” kavramının maddi, kültürel, mekânsal ve duygusal biçimlerini tartışmaya açmayı amaçlamaktadır. Tartışmamızın ampirik bulguları, daha büyük bir projenin parçası olarak Türkiye'de yaşayan Polonyalı ve İngiliz göçmenlerle yapılan 18 derinlemesine görüşmeye dayanmaktadır.
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    Home states and homeland politics: interactions between the Turkish state and its emigrants in France and the United States
    (Koç University, 2016) Aksel, Damla Bayraktar; İçduygu, Ahmet; 0000-0002-8145-5888; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; International Relations; 207882
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    The labor market integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023) Kırdar M.G.; Department of Economics; Department of Economics; Demirci, Murat; Faculty Member; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 272082
    Although Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally, we know little about their labor-market outcomes at the national level. This study uses the 2018 round of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, which includes a representative sample of Syrian refugees for the first time, to examine refugee labor-market integration. The findings show a much smaller native–refugee gap in men's employment in Turkey (favoring natives) than that reported for most developed countries. Moreover, the employment rate for refugee men peaks quite early, one year after arrival, and remains at the same level. By contrast, the employment rate for refugee women is initially lower and does not change much over time. Once demographic and educational differences are accounted for, the native–refugee gap in men's (women's) paid employment falls to 4.7 (4.0) percentage points (pp). These small gaps conceal the fact that formal-employment rates are much lower among refugees. Even when covariate differences are accounted for, the formal-employment rate for refugee men is 58 pp lower than the rate for native men. In addition, the smallest native–refugee employment gaps are in manufacturing for men and agriculture for women. The gap is also much smaller in wage employment than in self-employment or unpaid family work. Finally, significant heterogeneity exists across refugee groups. The native–refugee employment gap is wider for older and more-educated groups. Once covariates are accounted for, the gap in men's employment vanishes for refugees whose mother tongue is Turkish but persists for refugees whose mother tongue is Arabic or Kurdish. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd