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
Subject(s): Anthropology, Gender Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Transnational Press London
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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