#12196. Syrian refugees and the politics of waiting in a Turkish border town

July 2026publication date
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Sociology and Political Science;
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous);
Developmental and Educational Psychology;
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Abstract:
This ethnography examines Syrian refugee experiences of waiting while living in the Turkish–Syrian border town of Antep. Since the beginning of the Syrian war, 3.5 million Syrians have left their homes to seek refuge in Turkey. The Turkish state developed exception strategies aimed at minimizing the impact of incoming refugees. Engaging with the anthropological concepts of waiting, patience, and migration, we examine how Syrian refugees navigate the uncertain temporality of their lives. To cope with the Turkish state’s arbitrary exceptional policies that constantly pause and interrupt the flow of daily life, they replace waiting for the demands of the present with forms of patience that keep their future expectation of return to Syria alive.
Keywords:
patience; Syrian refugees; temporality; Turkey; waiting

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