Zorunlu Göçün Görün(e)meyen Aktörleri: Temsil ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Bağlamında Sığınmacı Erkekler

Abstract

Türkiye'de zorunlu göç bağlamında mülteci, şartlı mülteci ya da sığınmacı gibi çeşitli hukuksal statülerin varlığı nedeniyle dil birliğinin sağlanması açısından tüm gruplar için sığınmacı ifadesi kullanılmıştır.

A Feminist Geographic Reading of Masculinities: Syrian Entrepreneurs in İzmir

“…For migrant men, masculinities were being reworked around the insecurity and public embarrassment felt by jobless or out-of-place identities (Elmhirst, 2007). In this line, in public discourses in Turkey, Syrian men have also been generally perceived as a threat to the safety and security (Akyüz and Tursun, 2019;Bozok and Bozok, 2019;Göktuna-Yaylacı and Çarpar, 2019). These men who are at the bottom of social hierarchies are seen as potential perpetrators of sexual violence and also a threat to local women and also (informal) jobs.…”

“…These men who are at the bottom of social hierarchies are seen as potential perpetrators of sexual violence and also a threat to local women and also (informal) jobs. The body of evidence on these communities generally mark high unemployment rate, poor housing, limited language skills and very high level of school dropouts (Bircan and Sunata, 2015;Göktuna-Yaylacı and Çarpar 2019). Borrowing from Connell, it can be argued that these foreign Syrian masculinities are "marginalized" (2005: 80).…”

“…In this framework, this research will contribute to this field by analyzing forced migrants' masculinities in a local context, İzmir, Turkey, with a specific focus on spatial constructions and segregation to understand how Syrian men's gendered identities are emplaced and embedded within particular settings. As there is few researches on migrant men's masculinities (Bozok and Bozok, 2017;Göktuna-Yaylacı and Çarpar, 2019) in Turkey, this work also offers a step in locating masculine performances. In addition, although Syrians in İzmir have been discussed by scholars in varying perspectives (Oner et al 2020;Yıldız and Uzgören, 2016), there is no research on the constructions of migrant masculinities.…”