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      What makes a place a home?
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      Syrian refugees' narratives on belonging in Turkey

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      Syrian refugees' narratives on belonging in Turkey
      ByDoğuş Şimşek
      BookDisplacement, Belonging, and Migrant Agency in the Face of Power

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2022
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 13
      eBook ISBN 9781003170686
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      ABSTRACT

      In this chapter, I explore the conception of home and a sense of belonging in the case of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Recognizing the importance of the agency of refugees, I focus on the everyday lives of Syrian refugees in Turkey: how a sense of home emerges and how the role of migration policies shapes refugees’ sense of belonging and feelings of home. Drawing on a narrative methodology, I share the stories of four Syrian refugees who reside in urban areas; each comes from a different class, ethnic, gender, and religious background in Istanbul and were asked about their conception of “home” and sense of belonging in the context of forced migration. I argue that the meaning of home among Syrian refugees and their sense of belonging to the receiving society are articulated by the hierarchies of belonging that are intimately connected to class and which have not received much attention in the literature on forced migrants and belonging.

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