Integrating Syrian Refugees into Turkish Higher Education

Erdoğan, Armağan; Ergin, Hakan

doi:10.1163/9789004435841_018

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“…Studies on the Turkish forced migration context and housing mainly focus on the early settlement practices of Syrian forced migrants. They identify the structural challenges in accessing formal housing (Akgündüz et al, 2015; Balkan & Tumen, 2016; Tumen, 2016) and the problems with housing conditions including substandard habitats (Baban et al, 2017; Elicin, 2018: 92; Erdoğan, 2017: 78; Gültekin et al, 2018; Jauhiainen, 2018: 45; Oner et al, 2021; Türk, 2016: 148). However, none of these studies focuses on the trajectory and the transformation in the housing experience of Syrian forced migrants beyond housing conditions.…”

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Residing without settling: Housing market and tactics of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey

Kurfali

Özçürümez

2023

Population Space and Place

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How do forced migrants from Syria cope with structural barriers to housing in urban centres in Turkey? More than 3.6 million Syrian refugees have lived in different cities in Turkey since the closing of the temporary accommodation centres in 2018. This study examines the agency of Syrians and their housing pathways in securing accommodation in a neoliberal housing market amidst increasing unwelcoming attitudes by the local population, no social housing, high dependence on rental housing prone to price hikes, and “temporary protection” legal status. Based on analysis of data from 34 semi‐structured interviews with forced migrant Syrians and 20 expert interviews in Gaziantep, a city close to the Turkey‐Syria border with a substantial Syrian population, the research identifies four tactics that characterise housing pathways of Syrian forced migrants: (1) acting through local community members, (2) working with a Syrian mediator, (3) settling down in Syrian‐only buildings or informal settlements, and (4) purchasing a house through circumventing the legal ban on property ownership. The study concludes by highlighting that while these tactics are necessary for meeting forced migrants’ immediate housing needs, they are far from sufficient in preventing exclusion in the Turkish housing market.

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