Lessons from Experiences of Syrian Civil Society in Refugee Education of Turkey |
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Authors: | Ulaş Sunata Amal Abdulla |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Sociology, Bah?e?ehir University, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Bah?e?ehir University Center of Migration and Urban Studies, Istanbul, Turkey;3. ulas.sunata@eas.bau.edu.tr;5. Paris School of International Affairs, SciencesPo, Paris, France |
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Abstract: | AbstractTurkey arranges for the protection of about 1.7 million Syrian refugee children on its territory. This article addresses initiatives and policies towards Syrian children in Turkey, considering characteristics and paradigm shift of refugee education in which hosting large refugee populations. It focuses on experiences of refugee community organizations (RCOs) working on the matter of education. Drawing on an exploratory case study with purposively selected Syrian RCOs in Istanbul, it particularly investigates to explore activities of “Temporary Education Centers” emerging in the emergency-based perspective in early times of Syrian refugee migration and radically disappearing in the integration-based interventions of the State. We will discuss handicaps of making schools refugee places linking with the socio-political conditions of post-displacement and possibilities of cultural orientation of the refugee agency. |
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Keywords: | Syrian refugees integration refugee community organizations non-governmental organizations civil society cultural orientation place making |
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