Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy

Atasü-Topcuoğlu, Reyhan

doi:10.17645/si.v7i4.2346

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“…Migrants’ personal savings are a crucial source of funds for opening a business (Rahman, 2018). Atasü-Topcuoğlu (2019) conducted a study amongst Syrian small entrepreneurs in Istanbul and found that as informal entrepreneurship is not well-integrated with municipal regulatory systems, informal ventures are likely to remain small. Immigrant entrepreneurs’ primary concerns are to provide informal jobs and earn money for daily survival.…”

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Entrepreneurship research in the Middle East and North Africa: trends, challenges, and sustainability issues

Aljuwaiber

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to offer a wider examination of the research concerning entrepreneurship characteristics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region via a review of recent studies relevant to this topic. Research publications concerning entrepreneurship within the MENA region evidence growing interest in this field of study, with the potential to boost and drive future economic development and growth. This focus within entrepreneurship research is because of the economic development in the region, which is becoming increasingly important for policymakers and businesses. Design/methodology/approach The author performed a systematic literature review to produce robust information about entrepreneurship in the MENA region, followed by a thematic analysis to identify key research themes within each category. Findings Despite the growth in entrepreneurship research in the MENA region, research on certain factors is lacking. An analysis of 271 studies published between 2009 and 2019 identifies 9 main research categories, within which 30 themes have attracted significant academic attention. Female entrepreneurship and gender, youth entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship behaviour and orientation are the three key categories influencing perspectives on entrepreneurship in the MENA region. This study highlights research gaps and provides recommendations to guide future research on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship in the MENA region. Originality/value This paper highlights trends in entrepreneurship research amongst scholars within the MENA region and suggests paths for future research efforts.

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Entrepreneurship research in the Middle East and North Africa: trends, challenges, and sustainability issues

Aljuwaiber

2020

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“…The contributions in this issue explore different mechanisms and processes of social inclusion that the accumulation of migrant capital entails, emphasising the strategies and opportunities used by the members of migrant communities during the migration process. The authors approach migrant capital as a resource that becomes available to migrants during their migration process (Atasü-Topcuoğlu, 2019;Glorius, 2019;Hiitola, 2019) and as one that is created by migrants because of their migration (Koikkalainen, 2019;Wahlbeck & Fortelius, 2019). Migrant capital is also shown to be available to migrants' family members via their transnational ties (Dís Skaptadóttir, 2019;Saksela-Bergholm, 2019;Toivanen, 2019).…”

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“…The analysis in the articles considers both strategies and opportunities utilised by migrants and members of transnational communities in diverse economic, social and political context. As the articles show, transnational networks can be used by migrants and their family members to achieve occupational, economic and educational advantages (Atasü-Topcuoğlu, 2019;Dís Skaptadóttir, 2019;Glorius, 2019;Koikkalainen, 2019;Toivanen, 2019;Wahlbeck & Fortelius, 2019). They can also be useful in their attempts to reunite with family members (Hiitola, 2019) or to have access to informal social protection and care arrangements (Saksela-Bergholm, 2019) in both the sending and receiving societies.…”

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Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities

Saksela-Bergholm

Toivanen

Wahlbeck

2019

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This thematic issue explores the processes and dynamics involved in how different forms of migrant capital are employed and how these relate to processes of social inclusion. Leaning on a Bourdieusian approach, we wish to move beyond existing descriptive studies and theorise the role migration plays in the accumulation, conversion and utilisation of various forms of capital by migrant communities and their members. The articles demonstrate how migrant capital can function as a resource created by migrants during the migration process, or as an outcome of it, and are potentially available to their family members. The articles illustrate via case studies from different national contexts how transnational migrants or members of migrant communities create, accumulate and employ diverse forms of capital in their efforts to achieve inclusion in destination and sending societies.

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“…For instance, thousands of Syrian companies have been established in Turkey and the capital outflow from Syria to Turkey has reached billions of US dollars (Amos, 2013; TEPAV, 2019). Yet, the situation of Syrian businesspeople within the refugee waves has scarcely been examined, other than with regard to their motivations and challenges in conducting business in Turkey (Alrawadieh, Karayilan, & Cetin, 2019; Atasü‐Topcuoğlu, 2019; Shneikat & Alrawadieh, 2019).…”

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The economically rich refugees: A case study of the business operations of Istanbul‐based Syrian refugee businesspeople

Chang

2021

International Migration

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In sharp contrast to the orthodox understanding of refugees as resourceless and disadvantaged victims, this article examines the impact that business operations of Istanbul‐based Syrian refugee businesspeople have on their host economy, as well as determining which factors contribute to overcoming the social and legal challenges that prevent them from building their livelihoods. Since the impact of refugees on host countries is one of the main factors in a two‐way process of integration between hosts and migrants, the analysis also takes into account the Turkish businesspeople's perspectives on Syrians. I argue that a reinvestigation of the diverse socio‐economic make‐up of refugees is crucial for examining refugees’ impact on host countries and for the planning of refugee policies, since the strategies refugees apply for overcoming (or alleviating) the challenges they encounter in the host countries are closely related to their pre‐refuged capital and can be transferred to the host countries.

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Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Entrepreneurship research in the Middle East and North Africa: trends, challenges, and sustainability issues

Entrepreneurship research in the Middle East and North Africa: trends, challenges, and sustainability issues

Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities

The economically rich refugees: A case study of the business operations of Istanbul‐based Syrian refugee businesspeople

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