Refugees and future in Hatay without a plan Cover Image

Mülteciler ve Hatay’da geleceğin plansız inşası
Refugees and future in Hatay without a plan

Author(s): Erhan Kurtarir, Zehra Güngördü
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Family and social welfare, Nationalism Studies, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; Planning; Syrian migrants; children; Hatay;

Summary/Abstract: According to UN data, refugee distribution on world wide shows us most of the refugees are living in urban areas. It can be seen that today refugee’s migrating into the direction of global cities to find better living condition. This paper aims to draw attention to the urban refugee problematic which is overlooked by urban planning practices today in Turkey. For this purpose, conditions of refugees in Hatay, local dynamics and education of refugee children will be evaluated as social integration strategy and needed responsibility of planning authority in order to reach that goal will be discussed. Hatay and it’s spatial strategic planning process has been selected as the case study of this paper.

  • Issue Year: 3/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-98
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Turkish