Anthropological Perspectives on Transnational Encounters in Turkey: War, Migration and Experiences of Coexistence
Anthropological Perspectives on Transnational Encounters in Turkey: War, Migration and Experiences of Coexistence
Contributor(s): Meryem Bulut (Editor), Kadriye Şahin (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Labor relations, Security and defense, Welfare systems, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: migration; Turkey; anthropology; war; experiences; Turkmen; Somali refugees; gender; cuisine; language and culture; afghanistani immigrants; Uzbeks; Van; Hatay;
Summary/Abstract: This book includes studies conducted on the basis of field research by academics specialized in social anthropology in various universities in Turkey. Anthropological studies on migration date back a long way. Leaving their desk in the office, anthropologists have taken to the field, placing participatory observations and in-depth interviews at the center of their research. The story of this book emerged from the thoughts of anthropologists, who had made presentations on migration, coming together during a symposium and discussing how to write about such a topic. A qualitative research method was used in work containing examples from Ankara, Istanbul, Burdur, Van, Ardahan, Sivas and Hatay. The focal groups had been displaced and/or had witnessed war. This book is composed of eleven chapters. The majority of the studies were conducted with the participation of Syrian immigrants. The wave of compulsory emigration from Syria due to the continuing conflict in the country has affected Turkey deeply. Syrians under temporary protection have been living in almost every Turkish city since the early years of the war. The book also includes papers on groups who have come from Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia to Turkey, settling in various places in the country, in addition to Syrian immigrants. Content PREFACE Meryem Bulut and Kadriye Şahin CHAPTER 1 – RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK Ceren Aksoy Sugiyama and Seher Çataloğlu CHAPTER 2 – ARTIFICIAL BORDERS AND NATIONALISM: TURKMEN MIGRATION FROM IRAQ TO ISTANBUL Seher Çataloğlu and Meryem Bulut CHAPTER 3 – GENDER PERCEPTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS RESIDING IN SİVAS PROVINCE CENTRE AND PATRIARCHAL NEGOTIATIONS Çağdaş Demren and Ünsal Karbuz CHAPTER 4 – “THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER” : SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN Ayşe Yıldırım CHAPTER 5 – CONTRIBUTION OF NGOs TO THE INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MARDİN Süleyman Şanlı CHAPTER 6 – RECONSTRUCTION OF DAILY LIFE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: SYRIAN WOMEN LIVING IN ANTAKYA Aylin Eraslan CHAPTER 7 – AFGHANISTANI IMMIGRANTS SEEKING PEACE IN VAN Fuat Leventoğlu CHAPTER 8 – “TURKISH-GERMAN” FAMILIES: AN INSIDER VIEWPOINT ABOUT WAR, MIGRATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY BUILDING EXPERIENCE Oya Topdemir Koçyiğit CHAPTER 9 – PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ‘WAR MIGRANTS’ FROM SYRIA IN ANTAKYA: ANXIETY, FEAR, EMPATHY Mustafa Çapar CHAPTER 10 – MIGRANT WOMEN IN VAN: HOME AND DAILY LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF BELONGING Berivan Vargün CHAPTER 11 – THE CUISINE OF UZBEKS WHO EMIGRATED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO OVAKENT (HATAY): PRESERVED, CHANGED AND REMEMBERED Kadriye Şahin
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-1-912997-26-8
- Page Count: 172
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
(RETHINKING MIGRATION WITHIN AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK)
- Author(s):Ceren Aksoy Sugiyama, Seher Çataloğlu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies
- Page Range:7-18
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:anthropology; migration; categorising migration; Turkey; 20th century;
- Summary/Abstract:People change their location following their desires and needs, and the history of humankind is full of examples of such movements. Holy books, myths and legends speak of these movements and historical periods are often marked by such population movements. The criteria for accepting a change of location as migration will, of course, differ for each historical period. As a matter of fact, in the case of migration, the distance between the destination and the point of departure has gradually been widened, and nowadays it has reached a point where the limits of the earth are the boundary. However, whatever the period, a common feature of migration is that the spaces subject to human mobility remain in perpetual motion and that those who move transform the life experiences in the places they arrive while at the same time gaining a new dimension to their own experiences. As migrants and hosts interact their once-existing lives will mutually change and irreversibly transform each other.
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ARTIFICIAL BORDERS AND NATIONALISM: TURKMEN MIGRATION FROM IRAQ TO ISTANBUL
ARTIFICIAL BORDERS AND NATIONALISM: TURKMEN MIGRATION FROM IRAQ TO ISTANBUL
(ARTIFICIAL BORDERS AND NATIONALISM: TURKMEN MIGRATION FROM IRAQ TO ISTANBUL)
- Author(s):Meryem Bulut, Seher Çataloğlu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Nationalism Studies, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:19-30
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Iraq; Turkey; Istanbul; migration; Turkmen; nationalism; artificial borders; language and culture;
- Summary/Abstract:Migratory movements led to a modern crisis as they have challenged the concept of borders that had emerged with nation states. Improvements in communication and travel have eroded the invincibility of geographical and political borders while social boundaries have transpired within nation state entities. It is more likely than ever that people come across different identities and cultures, and are required to cohabit with those.
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GENDER PERCEPTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS RESIDING IN SIVAS PROVINCE CENTRE AND PATRIARCHAL NEGOTIATIONS
GENDER PERCEPTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS RESIDING IN SIVAS PROVINCE CENTRE AND PATRIARCHAL NEGOTIATIONS
(GENDER PERCEPTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS RESIDING IN SIVAS PROVINCE CENTRE AND PATRIARCHAL NEGOTIATIONS)
- Author(s):Çağdaş Demren, Ünsal Karbuz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies
- Page Range:31-42
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Turkey; migration; Syrian immigrants; Sivas province; gender; patriarchal negotiations;
- Summary/Abstract:War, as a devastating reality of humanity, brings the life of many to a certain, determinant point of no return through destructive impacts. The most significant of these points is death. The survivors, on the other hand, face displacement, are obliged to follow new routes, while trying to start new lives. The boundaries of their previous lives shatter; places once called ‘home’ lose their meaning. Social and cultural bonds that tie them to those places are shattered, gone. They feel obliged to migrate, to search for new hopes. The increasingly ongoing Civil War in Syria since ongoing 2011 has caused millions of people go through such traumatic processes changing the boundaries and places of these persons.
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“THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER'': SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN
“THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER'': SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN
(“THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER'': SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN)
- Author(s):Ayşe Yıldırım
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Education, Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:43-58
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:migration; anthropology; guest; host; Somali refugees; Turkey; Burdur;
- Summary/Abstract:Without doubt, every migratory wave begets serious problems with many dimensions in the fields of education, employment, integration, or gender issues. A recent mass migratory move, if more numerous, can cause delays in policies towards an older refugee group. The Syrian war and the subsequent mass migration towards Turkey channeled both academic and administrative focus towards this group. As the transformative power of migration increases, so does the academic interest in this topic. In this respect, we can understand the abundance of research on Syrians compared to the paucity of studies on African refugees as a reflection of the size and impact of the Syrian stock and flows.
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CONTRIBUTION OF NGOS TO THE INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MARDIN
CONTRIBUTION OF NGOS TO THE INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MARDIN
(CONTRIBUTION OF NGOS TO THE INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN MARDIN)
- Author(s):Süleyman Şanli
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics, Geography, Regional studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Labor relations, Welfare systems, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Migration Studies
- Page Range:59-72
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Turkey; Mardin; migration; Syrian immigrants; NGO; legal aid; right to work; education; health;
- Summary/Abstract:People who fled their countries of home voluntarily or forced have been described as refugee, migrant, and person with temporary protection in the countries hosting them. The challenges faced by these uprooted people seeking security have forced many countries to develop and formulate new migration, asylum, and refugee policies.
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RECONSTRUCTION OF DAILY LIFE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: SYRIAN WOMEN LIVING IN ANTAKYA
RECONSTRUCTION OF DAILY LIFE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: SYRIAN WOMEN LIVING IN ANTAKYA
(RECONSTRUCTION OF DAILY LIFE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES: SYRIAN WOMEN LIVING IN ANTAKYA)
- Author(s):Aylin Eraslan
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Civil Law, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:73-87
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Turkey; Antakya; migration; Syrian women; culture; daily life; identity;
- Summary/Abstract:Migration is common to all human groups since many thousands of years. There are various reasons why people move from one place to another. Epidemics, famine, natural disasters, changes in climate and political factors are some of these reasons. Hence, migration is an ongoing process that involves historical and strategic elements. Migration, whether on an individual or mass scale, is strategic as it involves actions that are carefully determined and planned in order to leave adverse circumstances behind and move to a new and better place. This study deals with forced migration on an international scale rather than movements based on individual choice, the displacement of Syrians who had to leave their homeland. Forced migration, no matter what its initiator is, involves a dramatic rupture, a detachment. The one who has to migrate has to leave his/her home and homeland as well as loved ones, living or dead, behind. All of those left behind is to remain in the memories of the migrant. This forced abandoning causes an emotional burnout which is usually reflected in tears, sighs and trills during narratives told by migrants. This is why forced migration is much more than a geographical transposition.
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AFGHANISTANI IMMIGRANTS SEEKING PEACE IN VAN
AFGHANISTANI IMMIGRANTS SEEKING PEACE IN VAN
(AFGHANISTANI IMMIGRANTS SEEKING PEACE IN VAN)
- Author(s):M. Fuat Levendoğlu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Geography, Regional studies, Security and defense, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:89-103
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:migration; afghanistani immigrants; peace; illegal migration; Van; security;
- Summary/Abstract:Illegal migration of humans from Asian countries, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan, Iran, Syria and Bangladesh moving towards the West and Europe is the most important and the greatest movement of people of our era. On considering the areas through which the movement of migration passes in addition to the starting and finishing points of this movement, we observe continuous movement, journey of problems and challenging stories of migration. Those migrations which start illegally and which end illegally are also an area of unearned income for human smugglers.
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“TURKISH-GERMAN” FAMILIES: AN INSIDER VIEWPOINT ABOUT WAR, MIGRATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY BUILDING EXPERIENCE
“TURKISH-GERMAN” FAMILIES: AN INSIDER VIEWPOINT ABOUT WAR, MIGRATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY BUILDING EXPERIENCE
(“TURKISH-GERMAN” FAMILIES: AN INSIDER VIEWPOINT ABOUT WAR, MIGRATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY BUILDING EXPERIENCE)
- Author(s):Oya Topdemir Koçyiğit
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Family and social welfare, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:105-117
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:war; migration; family; transnationality; Turkish-German families; insider viewpoint;
- Summary/Abstract:The destructive effects of the Second World War, which resulted in great loss and suffering in the not so distant past, still has an important place in the lives of countless people living in different geographical locations. German families constitute a population whose members witnessed the bitter outcomes of the war in no small measure. War-related memories of families have been handed down from generation to generation up to the present day. Despite many of the generation who actually lived through the war preferring to erase the traces of it from their day to day lives, their children and even their grandchildren have taken on board this memory (Koçyiğit, 2016).
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PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ‘WAR MIGRANTS’ FROM SYRIA IN ANTAKYA: ANXIETY, FEAR, EMPATHY
PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ‘WAR MIGRANTS’ FROM SYRIA IN ANTAKYA: ANXIETY, FEAR, EMPATHY
(PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ‘WAR MIGRANTS’ FROM SYRIA IN ANTAKYA: ANXIETY, FEAR, EMPATHY)
- Author(s):Mustafa Çapar
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Studies in violence and power, Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
- Page Range:119-134
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Turkey; migration; Antakya; war migrants; anxiety; fear; empathy; Syrian migrants; perceptions; judgements; health;
- Summary/Abstract:The twentieth and twenty-first centuries are rightly called as ‘age of migrations’ (See Castles, Haas & Miller, 2014). Contemporary times witness the movements of people at a pace and scope never seen before. Though migration is nothing new: If we consider that the history of the dispersal of homo sapiens from Africa dates back around 150 thousand years, we can safely claim that human beings have been moving since their first appearance on earth.
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MIGRANT WOMEN IN VAN: HOME AND DAILY LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF BELONGING
MIGRANT WOMEN IN VAN: HOME AND DAILY LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF BELONGING
(MIGRANT WOMEN IN VAN: HOME AND DAILY LIFE AS A REFLECTION OF BELONGING)
- Author(s):Berivan Vargün
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:135-147
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Turkey; migration; Van; migrant women; home; daily life; belonging;
- Summary/Abstract:The issue of migration is an increasingly debated topic in many countries around the world. International migration, which is one of the important realities of our time, is one of the most fundamental processes of social change. It is an undeniable fact that the number of migrants fleeing their countries origin is quite high as evident in the mass population movements in the second half of the 20th century. According to the United Nations, if the growth trends seen in the last 20 years continue at the same speed, the number of international migrants in the world will reach 405 million in 2050 (GIGM, 2016). International migration, a symptom of the global social change process, causes people to move in masses around the world (Buffoni, 2017: 325). Due to wars, violence and political pressures, a large mass of people is being forcibly displaced and Turkey has been heavily affected by this migration movement. Especially in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, people have been forced to leave their countries due to very serious problems such as war and violence over the last 20 years. Of the 5.6 million Syrians (5,625,871) who left Syria due to the civil war, over 3.6 million (3,614,108) arrived in Turkey (UNHCR, 2019). The arrival of such a large volume of people in Turkey shows that Turkey will be heavily affected by immigrations.
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THE CUISINE OF UZBEKS WHO EMIGRATED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO OVAKENT (HATAY): PRESERVED, CHANGED AND REMEMBERED
THE CUISINE OF UZBEKS WHO EMIGRATED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO OVAKENT (HATAY): PRESERVED, CHANGED AND REMEMBERED
(THE CUISINE OF UZBEKS WHO EMIGRATED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO OVAKENT (HATAY): PRESERVED, CHANGED AND REMEMBERED)
- Author(s):Kadriye Şahin
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Anthropology, Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
- Page Range:149-172
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:Afganistan; Uzbeks; Turkey; Hatay; cuisine; migration; identity;
- Summary/Abstract:Having a long history and located at a transition point, Afghanistan, which has lived through centuries of war and conflict (Wahab and Youngerman, 2007:52), consists of different tribes and ethnic groups, the past of which is based on nomadic lifestyles (Rasanayagam, 2003; Runion, 2007, Barfield; 2010). Having different ethnic groups, Afghanistan’s “social structure is based either (where kinship relations determine social organization and basic political alliances) on tribe or (where people identify themselves in terms of a common place) locality” (Akyüz, 2019:724).
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