The origins of the multi-cultural society structure, which makes it possible for different communities to live together, can be found in integration policies. In this framework, integration policies have to be established on a multidimensional and multi-actor basis. However, the continuity of the homogeneous national identity perspective of the founding ideology in Turkey, which was built as a nation-state, permeates today's integration policies. In this context, it will be leading-edge to analyze the approach of power mechanisms to migration policies in the context of this continuity.
Socio-Cultural Integration in the Context of the Construction of “The Other” and “We” in Turkey – Hacı Çevik
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In my doctoral research, I am trying to understand the social and political reflections of socio-cultural integration, which is one of the intertwined dimensions of integration, in Turkey. In this study, I aim to do not an analysis that excludes one of the economic, political, social and cultural dimensions of integration, but an analysis that accepts the immanence of all of them with the awareness of the relative autonomy of the various levels of social reality, but puts more social and cultural integration issues in front of the projection. The reflections of the socio-cultural integration policies implemented today -which directly affect the daily life and inter-communal relations- are more understandable in the context of the continuity of the construction of the "other" and "us" subjects within the framework of Turkey's migration history and policies. This perspective includes important clues about the origins of discrimination, which has been rising in different fields and has become increasingly visible with recent research. The data obtained from in-depth interviews with Syrian refugees and members of the local community with different class characteristics in Ankara, focusing on their perceptions and expectations for socio-cultural integration, form the empirical basis of the study.