Research Project: Türkiye'de Kamp Dışında Yaşayan Suriyeli Sığınmacılar ve Türkiye'nin Sığınmacı Politikaları
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Contributors
Funders
ID
TB.00216
Authors
Şimşek, Doğuş
Teaching Faculty
Publications
Transnational activities of Syrian refugees in Turkey: hindering or supporting integration
(Wiley, 2019)
Department of Sociology
No
Şimşek, Doğuş
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
This article focuses on transnational activities of Syrian refugees in Turkey examining the relationship between such activities and integration. The main research question addressed in this article is whether involvement in transnational activities hinders or supports the integration processes of Syrian refugees in Turkey, by drawing upon fieldwork in Istanbul, Ankara, Hatay and Gaziantep. I argue that Syrian refugees perceive integration as a survival mechanism and use transnational activities as a strategy for adapting to a new society, especially when they are faced with insecure legal status and a lack of access to rights in the receiving country. This study contributes to the literature on refugee transnationalism and integration by focusing on the refugees' perceptions of on integration processes and addressing the question of survival.