New Perspectives on Turkey
Volume 54, 2016, Pages 33-53

Syrian refugees in seasonal agricultural work: A case of adverse incorporation in Turkey (Article) (Open Access)

Kavak S.*
  • a Boǧaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France

Abstract

This article examines how the labor market in seasonal migrant work in agriculture in Turkey has changed with the influx of refugees from Syria. Based on both qualitative and quantitative fieldwork in ten provinces of Turkey, the article discusses precarity in seasonal migrant work in agriculture and the impact of the entry of refugees on this labor market. The analysis of precariousness of both Turkish-citizen migrant workers and refugees suggests that precarity is a relational phenomenon. The multifaceted vulnerabilities of groups in the lower echelons of the labor market resonate with one another and the adverse incorporation of vulnerable groups into the labor market pushes the market in a more insecure and informal direction. © 2016 New Perspectives on Turkey and Cambridge University Press.

Author Keywords

adverse incorporation agricultural labor markets. Seasonal migration hyper-precarity Syrian refugees

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84985905944&doi=10.1017%2fnpt.2016.7&partnerID=40&md5=f119cc64368648769a75609160edbf67

DOI: 10.1017/npt.2016.7
ISSN: 13053299
Original Language: English