Urban Refugees' Access to Housing in the Case of Hatay Cover Image

Kentsel Mültecilerin Kente Uyum Süreçlerinde Konuta Erişimleri: Hatay Örneği
Urban Refugees' Access to Housing in the Case of Hatay

Author(s): Zehra Güngördü, Buket Ayşegül Özbakır
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Forced Migration; Housing Access; Syrian refugees; Urban Refugees; Hatay;

Summary/Abstract: The era we experience includes the processes in which mass migration movements take place for many different reasons and Dynamics. It has been determined in many studies that mass migration has many effects on cities and urban policies. Research on significant dimensions of urban adaptation process is needed together with the mass migration movements that has been experienced in Turkey since 2011. Many studies have determined that this type of a mass migration has many effects on cities and urban policies. However, this study aims to address the housing experiences of urban refugees, which is an important factor in their adaptation to the city through the relationship they establish with the neighborhood and the city. The results of the study proved that the factor of “Access to Housing” is an issue that urban refugees express that they are subject to discrimination and therefore should be developed as an important policy topic in urban adaptation processes. The study benefits from the research Project titled “A New Perspective on Adaptation and Adaptation Processes of Urban Refugees: Social Innovation Experiment for Inclusive City Building”, coded 117K826 and under the TÜBİTAK 1003- Priority Areas R&D Projects Support Program, and the findings were obtained from the project.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-78
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Turkish