Young Syrians’ Experiences of Social Integration in the Turkish City of Gaziantep

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 113 - 143, 24.12.2024

Zumrut Sonmez

https://doi.org/10.70045/mejrs.1493752

Öz

This article attempts to demonstrate refugees’ experiences of social integration based on a case study conducted in 2017 among young male Syrians in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. Already a ‘chaotic concept’, integration gets more complicated today in the era of transnationalism in which people tend to remain mobile even after arriving to their destination through their networks that transcend national borders. This study aims to illustrate how Gaziantep turns into a multicultural city with refugees, who are mostly from Syria’s second biggest city of Aleppo, creating their own locality that represents a different sociality, culture and way of living. It also argues how young Syrians’ experiences of integration are strained at the crossroad of the temporality of their stay and the transnational character of their migratory behaviour.

Anahtar Kelimeler

refugee, migration, migrant, turkey, syria

Genc Suriyelilerin Entegrasyon Tecrubeleri: Gaziantep Ornegi

Öz

Bu makale, Türkiye'nin Gaziantep şehrinde genç Suriyeli erkekler arasında 2017 yilinda yapilan bir saha araştırmasına dayanarak mültecilerin sosyal entegrasyon deneyimlerini ortaya koymaya çalışmaktadır. Zaten 'kaotik bir kavram' olan entegrasyon, insanların ulusal sınırları aşan sosyal ağlari aracılığıyla varış noktalarına ulaştıktan sonra bile hareket halinde kalma eğiliminde olduğu ulusaşırılık çağında daha da karmaşık hale gelmektedir. Bu çalışma, çoğunluğu Suriye'nin ikinci büyük şehri Halep'ten gelen mültecilerin, farklı bir sosyalliği, kültürü ve yaşam tarzını temsil eden kendi yerelliklerini yaratarak, Gaziantep'i nasıl iki kültürlü bir şehre dönüştürdüklerini göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bunun yanisira bu arastirma genç Suriyelilerin entegrasyon deneyimlerinin, kalışlarının geçiciliği ile göç davranışlarının ulusötesi karakteri arasındaki kavşakta nasıl gerginleştiğini de tartışmaktadir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

gaziantep, suriyeli, turkiye, goc, gocmen, multeci

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