Reyhan Atasü-Topcuoğlu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4121137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reyhan Atasü-Topcuoğlu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reyhan |
| FAMILY NAME | Atasü-Topcuoğlu |
| SIGNATURE | ATASÜ-TOPCUOĞLU R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hacettepe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9635-7578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Navigating Post-Divorce Challenges in Migration: Empowerment Strategies of Syrian Refugee Women in Türkiye
This study explores the post-divorce experiences of Syrian refugee women living in Türkiye, employing a feminist social work lens with an emphasis on intersectionality. It examines the multidimensional challenges these women face, the coping mechanisms they adopt, and the empowerment strategies they develop in response. Guided by two central research questions—(1) What challenges do Syrian women encounter after divorce, and how do they cope? (2) …
A Comparison of Environmental Conditions and Municipal Environmental Services in Roma and Non-Roma Communities in Terms of Environmental Justice
Women's High-Conflict Divorce Experiences and Access to Statutory Social Services in Turkey
High-conflict divorce proceedings in Turkey typically span 2 years but can extend to 6, reinforcing the perception that institutional violence against women has been widespread under the conservative Justice and Development Party’s 20-year rule. This study poses two primary research questions: (1) What are the legal, sociocultural, financial, and psychological experiences of high-conflict divorced women? (2) Which statutory social services could …
Syrian second wives”: Polygyny, gender relations, and the experiences of Syrian and Turkish women
An Examination of Social Work Interventions for Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Example of Türkiye
This study explores the life experiences of young women in northwest Türkiye, who were subjected to childhood sexual abuse. It considers the social services provided during their time in institutional care and their subsequent life experiences. The research adopts a holistic approach, encompassing the young women's childhood experiences, the disclosure of abuse, the care received from statuary services, and the post-care challenges based on their…
The precarious lives and survival strategies of unaccompanied Afghan youth in Türkiye
Unaccompanied children who do not or cannot access the child protection system in Türkiye often become engaged in child labor and find themselves living in precarity. This paper highlights narratives of survival within their culturally-assumed transition to manhood based on empirical research on the life experiences of 12 unaccompanied, male Afghan youth who came to Türkiye as unaccompanied children. These narratives reflect patriarchal culture, …
Gender inequality, the welfare state, disability, and distorted commodification of care in Turkey
Reforming care regimes to cover the care deficit and enhancing the marketization of care to promote individualism and gender equality have been on the European agenda since the 1990s. However, both implementation and results have been path-dependent. This study first underlines some specificities in the Turkish case—namely, the limited welfare state, a large shadow economy, gender roles, patriarchal backlash, Islamization, and neoliberalism, all …
Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy
This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entrepreneurs who started up new businesses after 2011, in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Hatay. It describes the entrepreneurial opportunity structure and the s…
Media Discussion on the Naturalization Policy for Syrians in Turkey
This study focuses on the public opinion on the naturalization policy for Syrians in Turkey. It analyses news media coverage in the religious, far‐right newspaper ( Yeni Akit ), a centre‐right newspaper ( Hürriyet ), a social democrat newspaper ( Cumhuriyet ), and a socialist‐left news portal ( Solportal ). The research question is: What are the metaphors, arguments, and omissions produced by media of different ideologies about the possible citiz…
Ideology and the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Human trafficking has become one of the most spoken-of problems of our day, and fighting it has grown into a multi-million-dollar project sector. This book is about how we all come to name various exploitative migratory experiences "human trafficking" and how we build a consensus on how to counter it. This book investigates counter-trafficking as a transnational field and tries to show how connected stances against a "global social problem" are p…
Human Trafficking in Turkey: Findings from Northeastern Anatolia
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
Media Discussion on the Naturalization Policy for Syrians in Turkey
This study focuses on the public opinion on the naturalization policy for Syrians in Turkey. It analyses news media coverage in the religious, far‐right newspaper ( Yeni Akit ), a centre‐right newspaper ( Hürriyet ), a social democrat newspaper ( Cumhuriyet ), and a socialist‐left news portal ( Solportal ). The research question is: What are the metaphors, arguments, and omissions produced by media of different ideologies about the possible citiz…
Gender inequality, the welfare state, disability, and distorted commodification of care in Turkey
Reforming care regimes to cover the care deficit and enhancing the marketization of care to promote individualism and gender equality have been on the European agenda since the 1990s. However, both implementation and results have been path-dependent. This study first underlines some specificities in the Turkish case—namely, the limited welfare state, a large shadow economy, gender roles, patriarchal backlash, Islamization, and neoliberalism, all …
Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy
This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entrepreneurs who started up new businesses after 2011, in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Hatay. It describes the entrepreneurial opportunity structure and the s…
Women's High-Conflict Divorce Experiences and Access to Statutory Social Services in Turkey
High-conflict divorce proceedings in Turkey typically span 2 years but can extend to 6, reinforcing the perception that institutional violence against women has been widespread under the conservative Justice and Development Party’s 20-year rule. This study poses two primary research questions: (1) What are the legal, sociocultural, financial, and psychological experiences of high-conflict divorced women? (2) Which statutory social services could …
Syrian second wives”: Polygyny, gender relations, and the experiences of Syrian and Turkish women
Human Trafficking in Turkey: Findings from Northeastern Anatolia
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
The precarious lives and survival strategies of unaccompanied Afghan youth in Türkiye
Unaccompanied children who do not or cannot access the child protection system in Türkiye often become engaged in child labor and find themselves living in precarity. This paper highlights narratives of survival within their culturally-assumed transition to manhood based on empirical research on the life experiences of 12 unaccompanied, male Afghan youth who came to Türkiye as unaccompanied children. These narratives reflect patriarchal culture, …
Human Trafficking in Turkey: Findings from Northeastern Anatolia
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
Ideology and the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Human trafficking has become one of the most spoken-of problems of our day, and fighting it has grown into a multi-million-dollar project sector. This book is about how we all come to name various exploitative migratory experiences "human trafficking" and how we build a consensus on how to counter it. This book investigates counter-trafficking as a transnational field and tries to show how connected stances against a "global social problem" are p…
Media Discussion on the Naturalization Policy for Syrians in Turkey
This study focuses on the public opinion on the naturalization policy for Syrians in Turkey. It analyses news media coverage in the religious, far‐right newspaper ( Yeni Akit ), a centre‐right newspaper ( Hürriyet ), a social democrat newspaper ( Cumhuriyet ), and a socialist‐left news portal ( Solportal ). The research question is: What are the metaphors, arguments, and omissions produced by media of different ideologies about the possible citiz…
Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy
This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entrepreneurs who started up new businesses after 2011, in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Hatay. It describes the entrepreneurial opportunity structure and the s…
Gender inequality, the welfare state, disability, and distorted commodification of care in Turkey
Reforming care regimes to cover the care deficit and enhancing the marketization of care to promote individualism and gender equality have been on the European agenda since the 1990s. However, both implementation and results have been path-dependent. This study first underlines some specificities in the Turkish case—namely, the limited welfare state, a large shadow economy, gender roles, patriarchal backlash, Islamization, and neoliberalism, all …
The precarious lives and survival strategies of unaccompanied Afghan youth in Türkiye
Unaccompanied children who do not or cannot access the child protection system in Türkiye often become engaged in child labor and find themselves living in precarity. This paper highlights narratives of survival within their culturally-assumed transition to manhood based on empirical research on the life experiences of 12 unaccompanied, male Afghan youth who came to Türkiye as unaccompanied children. These narratives reflect patriarchal culture, …
Women's High-Conflict Divorce Experiences and Access to Statutory Social Services in Turkey
High-conflict divorce proceedings in Turkey typically span 2 years but can extend to 6, reinforcing the perception that institutional violence against women has been widespread under the conservative Justice and Development Party’s 20-year rule. This study poses two primary research questions: (1) What are the legal, sociocultural, financial, and psychological experiences of high-conflict divorced women? (2) Which statutory social services could …
Syrian second wives”: Polygyny, gender relations, and the experiences of Syrian and Turkish women
An Examination of Social Work Interventions for Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Example of Türkiye
This study explores the life experiences of young women in northwest Türkiye, who were subjected to childhood sexual abuse. It considers the social services provided during their time in institutional care and their subsequent life experiences. The research adopts a holistic approach, encompassing the young women's childhood experiences, the disclosure of abuse, the care received from statuary services, and the post-care challenges based on their…
Navigating Post-Divorce Challenges in Migration: Empowerment Strategies of Syrian Refugee Women in Türkiye
This study explores the post-divorce experiences of Syrian refugee women living in Türkiye, employing a feminist social work lens with an emphasis on intersectionality. It examines the multidimensional challenges these women face, the coping mechanisms they adopt, and the empowerment strategies they develop in response. Guided by two central research questions—(1) What challenges do Syrian women encounter after divorce, and how do they cope? (2) …
A Comparison of Environmental Conditions and Municipal Environmental Services in Roma and Non-Roma Communities in Terms of Environmental Justice
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