Syrian refugees in Turkey: multifaceted challenges, diverse players and ambiguous policies

Memişoğlu, Fulya; Ilgıt, Aslı

doi:10.1080/13629395.2016.1189479

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“…Tens of thousands of refugees are stuck in camps situated in the EU border countries of Greece and Italy as a result of the fortification of Europe (SOS Europe, ). Second, though the EU–Turkey deal aims to decrease the number of illegal migrants to Greece and to trade that stream for legal migrants, Turkey keeps deporting Syrian refugees, and uses force to deny Syrian refugees entrance to its country (Heijer, Rijpma, & Spijkerboer, ; Memisoglu & Ilgit, ). Third, the attempt at “relabeling” refugees as migrants (Crawley & Skleparis, ), and defining countries of origin as safe (Niemann & Zaun, ) has proven to be an unsustainable solution to the crisis.…”

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A port in a storm: Spontaneous volunteering and grassroots movements in Amsterdam. A resilient approach to the (European) refugee crisis

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This article seeks to expand knowledge about spontaneous volunteering in Amsterdam during the European refugee crisis in the winter of 2015–16. As formal institutions, which relied on a top–down command and control approach, were unable to handle the relatively large number of refugees who arrived in a short period of time, grassroots social movements based on bottom–up participation emerged. Grassroots volunteers were not only politically engaged, protesting against the strict refugee reception policy, but they also became involved in the crisis response, showing a great deal of flexibility. Although the social movements struggled with their organizational structures, they were able to adapt their missions and structures to changing circumstances. To achieve a resilience‐based response to future refugee influxes, this article advocates for formal response organizations to dismantle their static, top–down approach, and for social movements to find a balance between participation and professionalism. If institutionalized refugee response organizations adapt to the dynamics of local conditions, they could create the conditions for resilient solutions in the crisis context.

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A port in a storm: Spontaneous volunteering and grassroots movements in Amsterdam. A resilient approach to the (European) refugee crisis

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“…It is important to note at this point that there have been 3 different types of residences for Syrians: tent cities, container cities and temporary shelters. Memişoğlu and Ilgıt (2017) name them as "accommodation centers" in general but I will use the word "camps" for the sake of simplicity.…”

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“…The government did not include Turkey to the first Syrian Regional Response Plan (RPP) of the United Nations (Kirişçi & Ferris, 2015). However, in the aftermath of changing its course of policy, Turkey became a part of the RPP in March 2012 Amnesty, 2014;Memişoğlu and Ilgıt, 2017 The state policy towards Syrians under temporary protection took shape by different factors. First, the uncertainty of their permanence set the basis for initial policies which than be replaced by more integrative ones when the duration of their stay exceeds 3 years.…”

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Mass Migration Movements to Turkey: The Cases of Turks of Bulgaria, Northern Iraqis, and Syrians

Ayasli¹

2018

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This thesis analyzes the Turkish migratory responses towards three different mass migration movements, namely Turks of Bulgaria, Northern Iraqis and Syrians, to reveal similarities and differences. While doing so, it will design an analytical framework built on an existing study, explaining motives of the Turkish state responses. The thesis, by tracing the history of the given cases, will also try to demonstrate whether refuges are used as tools of Turkish Foreign Policy or not.

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“…The leading Turkish daily Hürriyet's headline on 28th September 2014 was "Too many Syrians and no apartments for us" while another national daily, Sözcü, offered the extremely nationalist headline of "The man hunting the refugees with sticks" on 31st July 2014. This negative trend was also seen in Turkey's social media in that the topic "Syrians back to home" was a trending topic on Twitter (Corabatır, 2016;Memisoglu and Ilgit, 2017), which signalled increasingly negative perceptions in Turkish society. 4 Nationalist coverage was not only seen in neighbouring countries', as the popular English daily the Sun published a column by Katie Hopkins on 17th April 2015 titled "Rescue boats?…”

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Too similar to be different? ‘Syrian refugee’ coverage in the Turkish and Norwegian popular media

Toker¹

2019

KOME

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As the number of migrants and refugees continues to rise worldwide, so too has antiimmigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric become an increasingly alarming problem that politicizes the topic. This article analyzes and evaluates media representation on refugees/asylum-seekers in two different countries which have distinct media system as Norway and Turkey. The findings show that media coverage of migration is a salient theme. While the 'visibility' of migrants is not lacking, the voices that are heard in the news are still political actors after seven years of the 'crisis' in both countries. Unexpectedly, this persistent finding has triggered the politicization of this theme in both countries despite their great disparities.

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Syrian refugees in Turkey: multifaceted challenges, diverse players and ambiguous policies

Cited by 62 publications

References 16 publications

A port in a storm: Spontaneous volunteering and grassroots movements in Amsterdam. A resilient approach to the (European) refugee crisis

A port in a storm: Spontaneous volunteering and grassroots movements in Amsterdam. A resilient approach to the (European) refugee crisis

Mass Migration Movements to Turkey: The Cases of Turks of Bulgaria, Northern Iraqis, and Syrians

Too similar to be different? ‘Syrian refugee’ coverage in the Turkish and Norwegian popular media

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