Structured Precarity: The Plight of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Structured Precarity: The Plight of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

By : Status/الوضع Audio-Visual Podcast Hosts

This interview is on the recent waves of deportations, detentions, and relocations of migrants and refugees in Turkey, the majority of whom are Syrians. Cihan Tekay, co-editor of the Turkey page on Jadaliyya, discusses rising xenophobia, systemic harassment, and changing legal frameworks with Yasemin Ozer.

Resources

The resources discussed by Yasemin Ozer in this interview can be found here:

Racism and Syrians in Turkey: The Political Economy of Discrimination

We Want to Live Together Initiative:
www.facebook.com/birlikteyasamakistiyoruz/
twitter.com/biraradayasamak?lang=en

Note: Shortly after this interview was recorded, the governor of Istanbul extended the relocation deadline for refugees registered in other cities to from 20 August to 30 October.

Guest: Yasemin Ozer


Yasemin Ozer is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Her research interests include migration, refugees, care, humanitarianism, citizenship, and border making, specifically in the Eastern Mediterranean. She is currently conducting fieldwork on her dissertation among Syrian urban refugees in Turkey, supported by grants from the Social Science Research Council and Wenner-Gren Foundation

Host: Cihan Tekay


Cihan Tekay is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is currently a Graduate Fellow at the Futures Initiative, serving as the program’s Institutional Leadership and Administration Specialist. Previously, she earned her BA from Hampshire College. She is a co-editor of the Turkey page at Jadaliyya.

 





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France in the Middle East: A Conversation Between Bassam Haddad and Alain Gresh

(This interview was conducted for Status/الوضع by Bassam Haddad with Alan Gresh at his home in Paris, on 5 July 2019. Over a period of 4 days, Status and Jadaliyya team members held three events, of which this interview is one.)

In this conversation with Bassam Haddad, Alain Gresh addresses President Macron’s and France’s internal and Middle East policies. The conversation takes us from domestic issues of immigrants and refugees to France’s policies on Iran, US, and Saudi Arabia tensions, as well as specifics regarding France’s position on the Algeria and Sudan protests. Camera & Sound Technicians: Kylie Broderick & Noah Black.

Alain Gresh


Alain Gresh is the Publication Director of 
Orient XXI and a renowned scholar in his field. A specialist in the Near East, he is the author of several books, including De quoi la Palestine est-elle le nom ?, Les Liens qui libèrent, 2010 and et Un chant d’amour. Israël-Palestine, une histoire française, with Hélène Aldeguer, éditions La Découverte, 2017.

Bassam Haddad


Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011). Bassam serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves on the Board of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and is Executive Producer of Status Audio Magazine. Bassam is Co-Project Manager for the Salon Syria Project

This interview was conducted as part of a series of events organized by Jadaliyya, Orient XXI, and Status/الوضع in Paris, France over the course of several days. If you'd like to see other content from this series, please click below.