Syrian refugee entrepreneurship and differentiated integration in the districts of Hatay, Turkey
Syrian refugee entrepreneurship and differentiated integration in the districts of Hatay, Turkey

Author(s): Olgu Karan
Subject(s): Labor relations, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Syrian refugee; entrepreneurship; differentiated integration; Hatay; Turkey; migrant;
Summary/Abstract: The Syrian internal war that erupted in 2011 led millions of Syrians to leave their countries looking for refuge in Turkey. According to the figures provided by the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Directorate General of Migration Management, the number of Syrians under temporary protection with registered biometric data was 3,639,572 as of December 16, 2020 (Mülteciler Derneği, 2020). As Turkey hosts more than 3 million Syrians, the refugee integration policies regarding access to health, education, labor market, and citizenship are under intense public debate. Syrian entrepreneurs residing in specifically near border regions and big metropolitan cities like İstanbul are also known to have set up small shops in various sectors. According to the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, 173 corporations and 8,038 limited companies operating with Syrian financial capital are found between January 2013 and April 2019 (TOBB, 2019). Accordingly, migrant entrepreneurship has been asserted to not only be able to foster migrant’s selfreliance and integration into the host society, but also to be able to ease the social and cultural adaptation processes of migrants into their new environment (Rath & Swagerman, 2011). In this respect, analysing the dynamics, opportunities, and the difficulties within the field of migrant entrepreneurship is essential.

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