Farklılık ve Farkındalık Ekseninde Suriyeli Göçmen Nüfusun Sosyolojik Özellikleri: Payas İlçesi Örneği
The Sociological Characteristics of Syrian Immigrants in Terms of Difference and Awareness: A Case Study in Payas

Summary/Abstract: Due to historical and geographical proximity, Turkey has undoubtedly been the country that is affected the most from the Syrian War and had to host almost 4 million of Syrian population. Syrian migration has brought up many security-based discussion fields to the agenda; however, overgeneralisations have prevented the consideration of the topic in terms of cultural aspects and different perspectives. For a long time, the data considering the magnitude of Syrian migration; the quality of the immigrant population; the cultural characteristics of the migration groups; and their sociological backgrounds have only been included in a limited number of academic studies. Ignoring the cultural differences among Syrian immigrant groups along with overgeneralisations has become a factor that prevented public social cohesion and gave way to the emergence of negative news or dissenting political positions. In other words, the limited information concerning the sociological characteristics of the immigration groups have postponed the consideration of the topic in terms of identity and difference; and have set back the production of specific and human-centred public policies and implementation practices. From this point of view, in this study, the sociological outlook and the cultural characteristics of the Syrians that settled in the district of Payas in Hatay after the outbreak of Syrian war have been scrutinised through questionnaires and in-depth interviews, and discussed in terms of identity, sense of belonging, social cohesion, expectation, and social distance parameters.

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