Difficulties And Problems Faced By Women Asylum-Seekers In Turkey: Case Of Batman Province

Authors : Yunus AYDEMİR, İshak AYDEMİR

Pages : 11-27

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Publication Date : 2020-06-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is the examination of the difficulties and problems encountered by Syrian women protected under the Temporary Protection Regulation in the case of Batman insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Turkey); province. This study was based on the general screening model to determine the difficulties faced by female asylum-sekeers. The universe of the research consists of the Syrian women living in the provincial centre of Batman under temporary protection status. Snowball sampling method is used in the direction of the research purpose. Interviews were conducted with 301 female asylum seekers who agreed to participate in the study. 97.7 per cent of the women had a temporary protection document, 13 per cent had applied and were in the process of obtaining one, and 1 per cent did not have a temporary protection document. It was found that 76.7 per cent of the women had not received any in-kind and/or cash aid from the government, foundation institutions etc. and 23.3 per cent of the women had received such assistance. 55.5 per cent of the women want to go back to their country when the war ends and 44.5 per cent do not want to return.
Keywords : Temporary protection, asylum seeker, social work, social exclusion