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Business People in War Times, the ‘Fluid Capital’ and the ‘Shy Diaspora’: The Case of Syrians in Turkey

Emel Akcali Orcid Logo, Evrim GörmüŞ

Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 2891 - 2911

Swansea University Author: Emel Akcali Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/jrs/feaa084

Abstract

Due to intensive conflict, a significant amount of Syrian capital flight has funnelled to Turkey since 2011. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted in five major Turkish cities which have hosted the highest number of Syrian business people, this paper first reveals the convergence of the interests of the...

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Published in: Journal of Refugee Studies
ISSN: 0951-6328 1471-6925
Published: Oxford, UK Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55198
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Abstract: Due to intensive conflict, a significant amount of Syrian capital flight has funnelled to Turkey since 2011. Drawing upon fieldwork conducted in five major Turkish cities which have hosted the highest number of Syrian business people, this paper first reveals the convergence of the interests of the host state and of the displaced capital owners, as well as the increasing transnationalisation of Syrian economic practices. It then assesses the capacity and/or willingness of the Syrian business people to organize themselves as an interest group regarding their interests in Turkey and to assist the process of conflict resolution in Syria. Finally, the paper reflects upon whether a hybrid identity is in the making within the Syrian business diaspora in Turkey. Our findings suggest that the Syrian business diaspora in Turkey is evolving itself into a transnational business community, and developing hybrid socio-economic practices. Yet, we delineate this flourishing community as ‘shy’ because the issues concerning both domestic and Syrian politics are carefully being avoided to keep stability and unity within. This consequently hinders the Syrian business community to form itself as an interest group in Turkey focused on conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction in Syria
Keywords: Syrian business diaspora, capital flight, Turkey, transnationalism, conflict resolution, shy diaspora, hybridity
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Issue: 3
Start Page: 2891
End Page: 2911

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