A door opening from Syria to Turkey; migration and the process of social acceptance and accommodation: Hatay and Karabuk provinces

Aydın Yıldırım T., Gümüş Şekerci Y.

International Social Work, vol.65, no.2, pp.370-382, 2022 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0020872820938436
  • Journal Name: International Social Work
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, CINAHL, HeinOnline-Law Journal Library, Index Islamicus, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.370-382
  • Keywords: Cultural and social accommodation, migration, social acceptance, social integration, social work, Syrian refugees
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This descriptive, cross-sectional study administered a questionnaire to 616 Syrian refuges, evaluating the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and their views on the processes associated with social acceptance and cultural and social accommodation. The problems encountered among Syrian refuges after migration included expensive housing costs, language problems, difficulties making a living and education problems. Various problems were identified among subgroups, associated with working life and cultural differences. However, according to this study, Syrian refugees believed that the processes of social acceptance and the social accommodation of refugees by local populations had begun.