CONSTRUCTION OF ‘OTHERS’ IN RELATION TO TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCES: THE CASE OF STAYERS AND RETURNEES IN THE ASSYRIAN COMMUNITY LIVING IN TURKEY

Year 2022, Volume: 24 Issue: 1, 179 - 196, 06.06.2022

Cem Zafer

https://doi.org/10.26468/trakyasobed.749504

Abstract

As a result of international developments, many communities had to "migrate" from their own country and tried to protect their existence by living their language and culture and transferring them to the next generations. However, some members of the immigrant communities returned to the land where they were born and migrated years later and tried to maintain this existence. Faced with immigration and Christian communities living in Turkey "Assyrians /Syriac" are also their native lands and those of their ancestors emigrated to European countries. The Assyrians were affected by both cultural changes with the migration phenomenon and the differences with their fellow countrymen who continued their lives by not migrating from the lands they lived in, along with the cultural units and changes they had acquired in the country they went to. In addition, the fact that this community was forced into the migration phenomenon by the Kurds living in the region and that they had to live together on their return was also discussed. With the return of the Assyrians, how the historical ties and cultures are similar among their citizens in the place they came from and what they have contributed to common life, the reflection of the past difficulties with the other ethnic element Kurds in the region, and the fact that they were examined in the light of the results obtained from one-on-one interviews in the field are the essence of this article.

Keywords

Others, Transnational Experiences, Returnees in the Assyrıan Communıty.

ULUS ÖTESİ DENEYİMLERLE İLGİLİ OLARAK 'BAŞKALARININ' İNŞASI: TÜRKİYE'DE YAŞAYAN ASUR TOPLUMUNDA KALANLAR ve GERİ DÖNENLER ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Uluslararası gelişmelerin bir sonucu olarak, birçok topluluk kendi ülkelerinden "göç etmek" zorunda kaldı ve dil ve kültürlerini yaşayarak ve gelecek nesillere aktararak varlıklarını korumaya çalıştılar. Bununla birlikte, göçmen topluluklarının bazı üyeleri yıllar sonra doğdukları ve göç ettikleri ülkeye döndüler ve bu varlığı sürdürmeye çalıştılar. Türkiye'de yaşayan göçmenler ve Hıristiyan topluluklarla karşı karşıya kalan "Asurlular/Süryaniler" de kendi doğdukları ve ata toprakları olan Avrupa ülkelerine göç ettiler. Asurlular, gittikleri ülkede edindikleri kültürel birimler ve değişiklikler ile birlikte hem göç olgusundaki kültürel değişimlerden hem de yaşadıkları topraklardan göç etmeyerek yaşamlarını sürdüren diğer vatandaşlarıyla olan değişikliklerden etkilenmişlerdir. Ayrıca, bu toplumun bölgede yaşayan Kürtler tarafından göç olgusuna zorlanması ve geri dönüşlerinde birlikte yaşamak zorunda kalmaları da tartışıldı. Asurluların geri dönüşüyle, tarihi bağlar ve kültürlerin vatandaşları arasından geldikleri yerde nasıl benzer oldukları ve ortak yaşama katkıları, geçmişteki zorlukların bölgedeki diğer etnik unsur Kürtlerle yansıması ve bu alandaki birebir görüşmelerden elde edilen sonuçlar ışığında incelenmiş olmaları bu makalenin özüdür.

Keywords

Diğerleri, Ulusötesi Deneyimler, Asur Topluluğunda geri dönenler

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