Recurring Displacement, Homemaking and Solidarity amongst Syrian and Palestinian Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Gabiam, Nell

doi:10.3167/ame.2021.160103

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“…Although participants were happy to have a place to live and meet their basic needs, many longed to return to their homes in Syria. Gabiam (2021) explored the everyday life of Syrians in Turkey through the concept of "home." She looked at how Syrians living in Turkey create a sense of home, a space where they experience comfort, familiarity, and security.…”

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Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Altuntaş

Azizoğlu²,

Davis

2021

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Persons who become displaced due to situations such as war and natural disasters face extreme challenges in maintaining their occupational repertoires. This study aimed to explore the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey.Methods: This mixed method study used a cross-sectional design with a predominantly qualitative focus. Syrians living under temporary protection in Turkey were interviewed using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) to identify their perceived performance problems in the areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure. Additional probes were used to explore participants' reasoning for the choice of occupations and scoring, and occupational changes since arriving in Turkey. Socio-demographics were collected on the participants' age, gender, educational level, marital status, monthly house budget, social security, and number of persons within the household. Thematic analysis was used to undercover themes from the qualitative data. Results: Thirty Syrians living under temporary protection in Turkey in Hatay province participated in this study (mean age: 29.66 AE 7.97 years [range = 18 to 50 years]): 16 women (mean age: 28.64 AE 8.04 years) and 14 men (mean age: 30.56 AE 8.05 years). Participants identified more significant problems in their performance of productive and leisure occupations than in self-care occupations. The following themes emerged: (a) having a house of our own: meeting basic needs and completing activities of daily living; (b) no money for shopping: past everyday occupations now luxuries; (c) feeling valued and important: having the ability but no job; (d) living day to day: Education, career, and marriage on hold; and (e) enjoyment in life: leaving behind family, friends, and occupational spaces. Conclusion:Syrians living in temporary protection in Turkey experience uncertainty within their occupational lives. Participants were able to meet their basic needs; however, precarity of employment limited their participation in previous occupations contracting their repertoires.

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Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Altuntaş

Azizoğlu²,

Davis

2021

Aus Occup Therapy J

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“…1 First, Palestinians are the most unseen tesserae in the entire mosaic which comprises the population of “Syrian refugees” in Türkiye. A decade after the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, Palestinians who fled from Syria to Türkiye have been the sole focus of only two studies: A non-governmental organization (NGO) report (Sınmaz, 2019) and a study of a solidarity center in Istanbul (Gabiam, 2021). As of December 2023, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) (n.d.) estimated that 120,000 of 438,000 Palestine refugees have left Syria for neighboring countries and beyond since the 2011 war.…”

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A gendered analysis of Palestinian refugee women’s experiences of migration from Syria to Türkiye

Kurtoğlu,

Teke Lloyd,

Salimoğlu

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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After the outbreak of the conflict in 2011, millions of people fled Syria across its borders. This gave way to a new category of people, “Syrian refugees.” While this categorical understanding constitutes the basis for legal entitlements, it homogenizes all fleeing Syria and results in concealing the differential experiences and vulnerabilities of particular groups. The paper challenges this blanket categorization by focusing on the migration experiences of Palestinian women from Syria to Türkiye around the concepts of biological and social reproduction which represent the largely neglected aspects concerning the process of forced migration. By drawing on six women’s experiences, the paper concludes that the homogeneity of the Syrian migrants is an illusion; women’s migrations are shaped through their gendered and ethnic history; and women face gender-specific challenges and opportunities in both home and host countries. We particularly argue that policies on border control and migrant’s integration fail to consider the subjective conditions and needs of particular groups within the Syrian migrants.

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“…Refugees used their physical spaces and the material world around them for sensorial and ornamental rituals associated with hosting, spirituality, and food: incense was burned, special tea and coffee was served in decorative porcelain sets, collective daily prayers took place on ornate mats (Donà, 1995(Donà, , 2015Fábos, 2015). Homes and shelters were rearranged to allow for sharing meals, celebrating holidays, hosting parties and dances, saying goodbyes, and having brief moments of respite from the struggles of daily life (Dudley, 2011;Gabiam, 2021;Gil Everaert, 2021;Koptyaeva, 2017;Mould, 2018;Pérez Murcia, 2020;Rottmann & Nimer, 2021;H. Taylor, 2009;van Liempt & Miellet, 2021).…”

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Beauty and Beautification in Refugees’ Lives and Their Implications for Refugee Policy

Acker

2023

Refuge

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This article seeks to understand the significance of everyday beauty in refugees’ lives and its implications for refugee policy; it is one of the first pieces of scholarship to explore this subject in this context. A review of the existing literature on beauty in refugee contexts followed by a deductive analysis of the literature on refugee homemaking demonstrates how beauty and beautification play an active role in how refugees (re)make home, even in temporary situations. Beauty is used to build hope, celebrate culture, create community, and honour past and present realities, and therefore has significant implications for the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees. The role of beauty in refugee homemaking suggests challenging the narrow focus on durable solutions to a more holistic framework, transforming language and policy approaches to include refugees as decision-makers, and investing in the quality of shelters, camps, and homes as a more effective way to reduce pressure on host countries.

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Recurring Displacement, Homemaking and Solidarity amongst Syrian and Palestinian Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

A gendered analysis of Palestinian refugee women’s experiences of migration from Syria to Türkiye

Beauty and Beautification in Refugees’ Lives and Their Implications for Refugee Policy

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