Syrian Immigrants Research Articles

The Prevalence And Possıble Rısk Factors Of Depression And Anxiety Dısorders In Syrian Migrant Women In Turkey

In this study, it is aimed to identify depression and anxiety disorder frequency and possible risk factors on immigrant Syrian women. This study was planned as a cross-sectional study. The study included 279 Syrian migrant women. The data were evaluated by SPSS 23.0 statistical package program. Pearson's chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis Test were used. The level of statistical significance was accepted as p <0.05.%56,6 of participants does not have depression. 66.1% of the participants had mild anxiety and 24.2% were severe. There are few studies about Syrian immigrants so it is required to do many more studies on this topic and there are not any studies similar to this one. As the transfer of trauma to generations can be more intense, especially in immigrant mothers, it shows the necessity to take preventive measures for their children.

News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora

The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants’ behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the diaspora. By mainly focusing on young users, we completed 44 in-depth interviews: 22 in-person interviews in Jordan; 13 in-person interviews in Lebanon; and 9 interviews with immigrant and refugees in Turkey via Skype (for logistical reasons). The article is dedicated to three different uses of social media: collecting news regarding the war in Syria; rediscovering lost ties after the diaspora; and finally, the so-called resettlement or the organization of a new life in host countries. As to the findings, immigrants have been shown to use social media for all purposes, but to a very different degree. In addition, and more interestingly, the results revealed some blind spots of digital sociability, such as the lack of credible sources and the Balkanization brought about by the so-called Web 2.0.

Does being a refugee affect prognosis in patients who underwent surgery due to peptic ulcer perforation?

Although Turkey hosts the largest number of Syrian immigrants, the interpretation of their health problems seems to be inadequate and understudied. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether being a refugee is a prognostic factor or not for peptic ulcer perforation (PUP). A retrospective study was designed in Turkish Citizen patients and the refugees to compare the prognosis who underwent surgery for PUP. After ethical committee approval, the data of 143 patients, constituting 130 males and 13 females, operated for PUP, were collected. Patients' files, surgery notes and outpatient policlinic data were evaluated. In this study, 105 patients were Turkish Citizen, while the remaining 38 patients were refugees. Eight (7.6%) Turkish and one (2.6%) refugee patient died. There was no statistical significance between the two groups concerning mortality (p=0.445). Age, perforation diameter and localization, need of reoperation, nasogastric tube detention time, CRP, hematocrit, albumin, creatinine, BUN levels were found statistically significant for mortality. Although being a refugee has been identified as a risk in the etiopathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease, we found that being a refugee in Turkey is not a negative prognostic factor for PUP.

A new challenge for urban planning in Turkey: socio-spatial impacts of forced migration

In recent decades, forced migration has become a globally salient issue for both developed and developing countries. As a developing country, Turkey is a significant destination for forced migration, with more than 3.6 million Syrian immigrants. This study concentrates on the socio-spatial impacts of forced migration in Turkish cities where Syrian immigrants have been concentrated and aims to answer the question: “Does forced migration produce an urban crisis in such cities?” The study leads to a prescription about new qualities of urban planning for coping with the urban crisis through a resilience strategy.

Mediators on the relationship between contact with Turks and psychological well-being among Syrian immigrants

Son yillarda Turkiye’de ve dunyada artan goc sayisi ile birlikte, farkli gruplar arasindaki iliskileri duzenlemek ve uyum surecinde cesitli zorluklar yasayan gocmen, siginmaci ve multeci gruplarin psikolojik iyi oluslarini arttirabilmek adina gruplararasi temasin etki mekanizmasinin anlasilmasi bir gereklilik haline gelmistir. Bu arastirmanin amaci, Suriyeli siginmacilarin Turklerle temasinin psikolojik iyi oluslariyla iliskisinde gruplararasi kaygi, icgrupla ozdeslesme ve toplumsal kabullenilmenin araci rolunu incelemektir. Toplamda 163 Suriyeli katilimci (88 kadin, 75 erkek) gruplararasi temas, gruplararasi kaygi, coklu-grup kimlikle ozdeslesme, toplumsal kabullenilme ve psikolojik buyume olceklerini cevaplandirmistir. Arastirmanin sonucunda, olumlu temasin gruplararasi kaygi ile olumsuz, icgrup kimlikle ozdeslesme ve toplumsal kabullenme ile olumlu yonde iliskili olduguna dair bulgular elde edilmistir. Ayni zamanda, gruplararasi kaygi, kimlikle ozdeslesme ve toplumsal kabullenilme psikolojik iyi olusu anlamli sekilde yordamaktadir. Gruplararasi temas ve psikolojik iyi olus arasindaki iliskinin dogrudan anlamli olmadigi; ancak bu iliskinin uc araci degisken araciligiyla dolayli olarak anlamli oldugu bulunmustur. Bulgular Suriyeli siginmacilarin Turklerle olumlu temasinin psikolojik iyi oluslarina olumlu katkisinin altini cizmektedir.

Problems encountered by the Syrians in the context of cultural cnflict and integration: a case study of Şanlıurfa City

The process that started with a demonstration against the regime on 15 March 2011 spurred by desire to reform Dera/Syria quickly turned into a civil war. The resulting forced immigration presented Turkey with the challenge of one of history’s largest immigration movements. Turkey adopted open door policy towards Syrians and gave them temporary protection status. Thus the Syrians were considered to be guests of Turkey until they could return to their homeland. However, internal disturbances in Syria became increasingly complex and the Syrians’ stay turned into a long-term one. As the case of Sanliurfa city demonstrates, there are significant cultural differences between the Syrian immigrants and the indigenous people, which include clothing, traditions, customs, attitudes and behaviours. They make integration of both peoples difficult and cause a serious cultural clash between the local people and the Syrians in the city. These emerging problems inspired this research, which aims to showcase the problems of socio-cultural integration of the Syrians through a case study of Sanliurfa city and to examine the factors underlying these problems.

Syrian immigrants in Turkey: services, satisfaction and suggestions for policy-making

Due to the 8 years’ war in Syria, Turkey faced the immigration of more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees. About a million of them are settled in the region Çukurova. Allthough most of them do not have a permanent residence permit it may be expected that a vast number of these Syrian migrants will settle permanently. The majority of this immigrant population is non or low-educated; they rarely participate in education programmes and intercultural communication disorders with the local community and societal tensions occur. Surveys have been conducted among adult Syrian immigrants living in Çukurova in order to identify whether their satisfaction about local services. Secondly, services and communication strategies of public institutions, municipalities and NGOs in the Adana, the main city in the region have been analysed in order to identify the range and effects of their services. Assuming that a lack of integration and intercultural communication disorders cause disturbance in the local communities, this study aims to investigate possible solutions - with the use of the integration policy of the Netherlands – in order to prevent societal unrest.

Ulus-Devlet Öğretileri üzerinden Türk Öğrencilerin Suriyeli Göçmenler Hakkındaki Düşünceleri Üzerine Eleştirel bir Tartışma

This study is mainly based on chats with secondary and high school students. The implicit points in their daily complaints about their Syrian peers in neighborhoods were turned into a problematic for a qualitative survey. The students living in the regions in which generally Syrian immigrants are located account for the research group. The results were based on the analysis of the students’ letters they wrote to their Syrian peers in the spring of 2018: 150 letters saluting the young Syrians with “Dear my Syrian Friend” are exposed to a discourse analysis. The theoretical structure drawing classical and contemporary Marxist approaches together argues that the relationship between nationstate ideology and education creates a kind of political socialization in response to the ideal value of “fully-democratic education”. The salutations and nationalist statements that the students wrote reveal that not any mechanism of acceptance works. The students accuse the Syrians, particularly young men, of being unfaithful to their own country foremost, and of weakening the economy of the country where they took refuge by being a cheap labor force, behaving inappropriately towards the traditional and moral values, becoming a threat to Turkish language, having high fertility, taking over common spaces and behaving loosely.

Spatial Concentration of Syrian Immigrants in Spatial Dynamics and Ethnocultural Context in Turkey

This study examines the spatial dynamics of spatial concentration and the migration process of Syrians who migrated to Turkey as a result of the civil war that from the perspective of Sanliurfa province of Turkey. More than half a million Syrian migrants emigrated to Sanliurfa. This study investigates why Syrian immigrants are more concentrated in Sanliurfa in terms of spatial dynamics. As a result of interviews and observations made with the immigrants and the field actors who have close contact with migrants, the issue was tried to be analyzed. A total of 76 people including immigrants and field actors were interviewed. As a result of the study, it was observed that historical, kinship and tribal relations between target and source settlements; collective memory and social similarities and the social texture of the target settlement were the determining factors in the concentration of Syrian immigrants in Sanliurfa.

The short and long-term impact of Syrian refugees on the Turkish economy: a simulation approach

ABSTRACT This article presents the results of a simulation on the short-, medium- and long-term aggregated economic contribution of Syrian refugees on the Turkish economy. The simulation is focused on two sources of impact: refugees’ access to the Turkish labor market and the investment flow generated by Syrians inside the country. An input–output approach is used to compute economic effects considering the intersectoral linkages of the Turkish economy, thereby expanding the focus of a classic impact study. Our results show a positive economic impact of Syrian refugees of around 2 percent of GDP in the short term and 4 percent in the long term. Syrian immigration in Turkey is becoming a factor of economic dynamism that not only benefits the Syrian community itself but also the Turkish host communities. The direct and indirect contribution in terms of production and demand is very relevant and, properly channeled and promoted, can become a relative advantage for the country and not a burden of care.

Christian Democrat policy in the face of the influx of Syrian immigrants to the Federal Republic of Germany (2015–2017)

Celem artykułu było przybliżenie najczęściej omawianych działań podjętych przez kanclerz A. Merkel w celu powstrzymania wzmożonej imigracji Syryjczyków do RFN. Zaproponowane przez A. Merkel rozwiązania ukazane zostały w kontekście reakcji członków CDU oraz CSU na nie. Polityka kanclerz oraz obu niemieckich partii chadeckich i ich przedstawicieli ukazana została na tle krytycznej dyskusji dotyczącej politycznych kosztów, jakie związane są z przyjęciem tak wielkiej liczby cudzoziemców. Poruszone zostały zatem m.in. kwestie dotyczące pozycji A. Merkel na niemieckiej scenie politycznej oraz wpływu „Willkommenspolitik” na wyniki wyborów do Bundestagu w 2017 r.

The Study of Attitudes towards Syrian Immigrants within Integrated Theories of Threat and Social Distance: Case of Suleyman Demirel University

Çalışmanın amacı Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşlarının, Suriyeli göçmenlere yönelik algılanan gerçekçi ve sembolik tehdit ile sosyal mesafe düzeylerinin incelenmesidir. Çalışmanın temel varsayımı katılımcıların cinsiyet, gelir düzeyleri gibi demografik değişkenler ile yine katılımcıların yakın çevrelerindeki Suriyeli göçmen yoğunluğu, kendilerini ifade ettikleri dini, etnik ve siyasal kimliklerinin, Suriyeli göçmenlere yönelik geliştirdikleri tutumlar üzerinde etkili olduğudur. Çalışma uzayı Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır. Çalışma verilerinin toplanmasında Türkçe geçerliliğe sahip, tehdit ve sosyal mesafe ölçeklerinden faydalanılmıştır.

Integrative Approaches towards Immigrants: A Sample from a District of Istanbul

This study analyses the socio-economic situations being contended with the Syrian immigrants living in Beylikdüzü district in ?stanbul in terms of the analytic and industrial circumstances. This paper exposes the immigrants’ economic problems being interlaced with the education and Turkish language. To guide the analysis and interpretation of the quantitative data in this research, a random sampling was conducted to the Syrian immigrants. This survey is divided into two parts: (1) questions relative to the demographic status (age, gender, job, education and place); and (2) questions regarding the socio-economic exigency (labor markets, wage satisfaction, working hours, challenges in learning Turkish, accommodation possibilities and psychological needs) of the Syrian settlers. This study arrives at the following findings: Syrian immigrants are working with long working hours and low wages; Syrian families have been subjected many challenges such as shelter, basic food and basic goods; and Syrian migrants’ increasing number of accommodation problems. In conclusion, Syrian immigrants have an inconceivably wide range of problems from socio-economic to languages. However, these problems are not considered as hinders to achieve equality, equity, and social justice which everyone deserves.

International Irregular Migration and The Working Life: The Case of Syrian Immigrants in Sanliurfa Province

Bu çalışmanın amacı 2011 yılında Suriye'de yaşanan iç savaş nedeniyle ortaya çıkan düzensiz uluslararası göçün çalışma hayatı bağlamında durumunu betimlemektir. Çalışma, Suriye kaynaklı göçten en çok etkilenen ve Suriyeli göçmenlerin en yoğun olarak yaşadığı illerden birisi olan Şanlıurfa ilinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma, yöntem olarak durum çalışması şeklinde tasarlanmıştır. Veri elde etme tekniği olarak yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme kullanılmıştır. Veriler, betimsel analiz yoluyla analiz edilerek yorumlanmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda Suriyeli göçmen çalışanların; iş bulma ve çalışma yeri seçiminde, işletmelerinin kuruluş yeri seçiminde ve göç edilecek yer seçiminde, akrabalık bağları ile Suriyelilerin yoğun olarak yaşadıkları yerlerin belirleyici olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca göçmenlerin çalışma koşulları, istihdam edilme sebepleri ve çalışma hayatında yaşadıkları sorunlar ortaya konmuştur.

The representation of Syrian refugees in Turkey: a critical discourse analysis of three newspapers

ABSTRACTThis paper explores how Turkish journalists and newspapers constructed discoursive practices in their newspapers in response to the influx of Syrian immigrants. Distinct from other research on Turkish discoursive practices about Syrian immigrants, this paper selects an important time period in recent Turkish history, with the army’s intervention into Syria and the ballooning number of refugees, and analyzes the discourses regarding representations of those immigrants in the three highest circulation mainstream newspapers, representative of a heterodox of ideological perspectives. Through an application of critical discourse analysis to news items, the study finds various discoursive structures that are employed to otherize the Syrian immigrants, that is to view and treat Syrian immigrants as intrinsically different from Turks.

The Vulnerability of Syrian Immigrant Pediatric Trauma Patients

The Vulnerability of Syrian Immigrant Pediatric Trauma Patients

The Attitudes of Teachers towards Multicultural Education

&lt;p style="text-align:justify"&gt;The purpose of this study is to determine the teachers' attitudes toward multicultural education. This is a survey study and the participants of the study were 248 teachers who are teaching Turkish to the Syrian immigrants in Sanliurfa. The data for this study was collected through a 5-point Likert scale called "Teachers' Multicultural Attitude Scale". According to findings, it is determined that teachers have positive attitudes towards multicultural education. Their attitudes do not differ in a statistically significant way according to their gender, mother tongue, and professional seniority. Literature teachers were found to have more positive attitudes than class teachers. Based on the findings, it can be suggested that more research is needed on how to develop, alter teaching methods and programs according to multicultural education and why teachers of certain subjects have a more positive attitude towards multicultural education. Also, studies that investigate if teachers’ attitudes towards multicultural education affect students’ academic achievement, social adaptation processes and so on may provide useful information. The participation of teachers in cultural exchange programs, formal education, courses may be useful to raise their awareness and competency on multicultural education.&lt;/p&gt;

Mental Health among Syrian Immigrants in Iraq

Background: The migration of Syrian citizens to many parts of the world began after civil war in Syria. Many migrants lost their homes, friends and relatives as a result of the civil war. Millions of Syrians have been refugees to European countries and especially to neighboring countries such as Libya, Turkey and Iraq. They have experienced housing, safety and cultural gap problems, which may put their mental health at risk. Many present signs of physical and mental illness, such as an insomnia, a weakened immune system, drug addiction, self-harm, and aggression, making their social adjustment more and more difficult. Despite facing the same conditions, other immigrants succeed to adjust with the new environment. It is necessary to understand factors that may optimize immigrants’ social adjustment. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to evaluate to what extend some characteristics of Syrian immigrants in Iraq, such as cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence are related to their social adjustment, and the role of mental health upon that relationship. Methods: Participants are Syrian immigrants who live in Erbil – Iraq. Data collection was held in 2017. Were randomly included 288 subjects (50% female). All participants completed 4 questionnaires translated from Persian version to Arabic language: Cultural and Emotional Intelligence Questionnaires (CI and EI), a Social Adjustment scale (SA) and a Mental Health Questionnaire (MH). Results: This study presents an empirical study into the mental health of immigrants. More specific, based on collected questionnaire data an explanatory model for mental health and social adjustment is established on the basis of emotional- and cultural intelligence. A better mental health is associated with better social adjustment. Emotional and cultural intelligence are significantly and positively and significantly and positively associated to social adjustment. Cultural intelligence is significantly and positively related to mental health, while emotional intelligence has no significant relation with mental health, when simultaneous effects are analyzed. Conclusions: The present results suggest that mental health may have an intermediate role in the relationship between cultural intelligence and social adjustment, but no intermediate role in the relationship between emotional intelligence and social adjustment. Results convey an important message to public policies, highlighting the importance of preserving both cultural and emotional intelligence among Syrian immigrant in Iraq, as a measure to assure their mental health and social adjustment.

Opposition to Syrian Refugees and Immigrants during the Refugee Crisis in Greece

Opposition to Syrian Refugees and Immigrants during the Refugee Crisis in Greece

Retrospective Evaluation of Perinatal and Early Neonatal Outcomes in Infants of Migrant Mothers: A Case-Controlled Study.

Objective:To investigate the incidence of perinatal features and neonatal morbidities in migrant mothers in comparison with native Turkish mothers.Method:A retrospective analysis was conducted using the medical records of 89 infants born to Syrian immigrants and 89 infants born to native Turkish mothers who were consecutively admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital between 2015 and 2019. Statistical analyses were used to compare demographic data and perinatal and neonatal outcomes between the two groups.Results:Compared to Turkish mothers, Syrian mothers were significantly younger and adolescent pregnancy rate was significantly higher (p<0.01). The rates of multiple pregnancy, consanguineous marriage, and prolonged premature membrane rupture were also significantly higher in Syrian mothers (p<0.05). The incidence rates of congenital anomalies, respiratory distress syndrome, transient tachypnea of newborn pneumonia/bronchiolitis, sepsis, jaundice, and feeding problems were the same for infants born to Syrian and Turkish mothers (p>0.05). In addition, the two groups did not differ with respect to gestational week at birth, birth weight, sex, types of delivery, Apgar score, duration of hospital stay, and incidence of infant mortality (p>0.05).Conclusion:The immigrant status negatively affects perinatal and neonatal outcomes. However, the incidence rates of infant mortality and neonatal morbidity did not differ between infants born to Syrian and those born to Turkish mothers. This may be due to the recent improvements in the of overall health status of migrant women or of those migrants living in Turkey being able to have access to increased prenatal and postnatal period policies of mother-child health services which have been successfully implemented.