Ulaş Sunata
Biographic Data
| ID | 926422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulaş Sunata |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulaş |
| FAMILY NAME | Sunata |
| SIGNATURE | SUNATA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bahçeşehir University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3609-3953 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Strengthening collective identity and psychosocial adaptation: A career intervention with Mena migrant women in Türkiye
Migration constitutes a profound intercultural transition in which individuals renegotiate identity, belonging, and perceptions of group value within new social contexts. For migrant women, these processes are further shaped by gendered inequalities and constrained access to opportunity. Drawing on social identity and empowerment perspectives, this mixed-methods longitudinal study examined whether a short-term, skill-based psychosocial career int…
Entangled intermediation in familialistic care regimes: Migrant domestic work, crises, and migration infrastructures in Turkey
This article examines how migrant domestic and care work in Turkey is organized through entangled systems of intermediation linking households, intermediaries, digital platforms, and migrant social networks within a familialistic welfare regime. While existing research analyzes either the migration industry or migrants’ job-finding practices in isolation, this study integrates both perspectives to conceptualize intermediation as a multi-layered m…
“Here, I Have My Neighbors”: Social capital, welfare, and aging-in-place among older migrant women
Aging-in-place is a central concept in gerontology, yet its underlying assumptions about family support, territorial stability, and care provision are increasingly challenged in contexts of migration. This study examines how aging-in-place is constructed through social capital and welfare structures among older migrant women living alone. Drawing on in-depth interviews with eight widowed migrant women aged 65 and older residing in Germany and the…
Eldercare, childcare, and the making of kin: Power and boundary-making in live-in migrant care work in Türkiye
This article examines how kinning practices shape relationships between migrant domestic workers and employers in live-in care arrangements in Türkiye, and how these practices differ across eldercare and childcare. Drawing on interviews with 78 workers and 14 employers, it analyzes how intimacy, professional boundaries, and power are negotiated within private households. The findings show that kinning is not an inevitable outcome of paid care wor…
(Non-state) actors in internal bordering and differential inclusion: Syrian refugees' housing experience in Turkey
Turkey, as the largest refugee-hosting country, provides insights into the externalization of European borders and the internalization of its own borders. Oscillating between open-door and strict-border policies, alongside the political inactiveness of public authorities and CSOs governing Syrian mobility, Turkey reveals crucial dynamics. Focusing on Syrian refugees' housing in a refugee hub of Izmir, this study unravels internal bordering and ex…
Legal gender recognition in Turkey
Despite recent advances in transgender rights in European countries, some legal systems still have barriers such as obligatory diagnosis, sterilization, and medical interventions and incorporating societal acceptance and public order into their discourse. This study dealing with the regime of legal gender recognition in Turkey first reveals critical reciprocating historical developments in national legal regulations for affirming trans identities…
Feminization of refugee: Intersectionality, solidarity, resistance
This work aims to examine a possible change of feminist civil society pertaining to inclusivity with a particular interest in violence. It evaluates state‐civil society relations, coping mechanisms with domestic violence and solidarity patterns with female refugees. It proposes a novel theoretical contribution, ‘feminization of refugee’ suggesting a positive shift in the empowerment of refugee women through bidirectional solidarity, intersectiona…
Practicing Law in Administrative Detention for Syrian Refugees in Turkey
This paper aims at understanding inclusive capacity of legal system in Turkey by evaluating dynamics of professional advocacy in administrative detention for Syrian refugees in irregular positions. Our empirical study revealed Turkish judicial system, despite its push toward centralization and professionalization in the name of identification by the European impact, has a serious lack of translation and interpretation facilities, procedural incom…
Lessons from Experiences of Syrian Civil Society in Refugee Education of Turkey
Turkey arranges for the protection of about 1.7 million Syrian refugee children on its territory. This article addresses initiatives and policies towards Syrian children in Turkey, considering characteristics and paradigm shift of refugee education in which hosting large refugee populations. It focuses on experiences of refugee community organizations (RCOs) working on the matter of education. Drawing on an exploratory case study with purposively…
Assessing the Civil Society’s Role in Refugee Integration in Turkey: NGO-R as a New Typology
After the Syrian refugee influx in Turkey, the aspect of civil society in integration needs further clarification and categorization. Therefore, in this study, we aim to develop a general typology of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that are active in immigration and immigration-related areas (NGO-R; non-governmental organizations—refugees). Our findings show that NGO-Rs play crucial roles in helping the refugees to access the rights provide…
Educational Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
In political, social and economical terms, Turkey is the most affected country of the Syrian crisis. More importantly, Turkey as a host country of Syrian refugees has been living a dramatic demographic change. The most marginalized group living in Turkey is children. Refugee education has hence become of top priority. The global report in refugee education is below the critical level, but Turkish report is even worse in the contexts of not only a…
Assessing the Civil Society’s Role in Refugee Integration in Turkey: NGO-R as a New Typology
After the Syrian refugee influx in Turkey, the aspect of civil society in integration needs further clarification and categorization. Therefore, in this study, we aim to develop a general typology of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that are active in immigration and immigration-related areas (NGO-R; non-governmental organizations—refugees). Our findings show that NGO-Rs play crucial roles in helping the refugees to access the rights provide…
(Non-state) actors in internal bordering and differential inclusion: Syrian refugees' housing experience in Turkey
Turkey, as the largest refugee-hosting country, provides insights into the externalization of European borders and the internalization of its own borders. Oscillating between open-door and strict-border policies, alongside the political inactiveness of public authorities and CSOs governing Syrian mobility, Turkey reveals crucial dynamics. Focusing on Syrian refugees' housing in a refugee hub of Izmir, this study unravels internal bordering and ex…
Lessons from Experiences of Syrian Civil Society in Refugee Education of Turkey
Turkey arranges for the protection of about 1.7 million Syrian refugee children on its territory. This article addresses initiatives and policies towards Syrian children in Turkey, considering characteristics and paradigm shift of refugee education in which hosting large refugee populations. It focuses on experiences of refugee community organizations (RCOs) working on the matter of education. Drawing on an exploratory case study with purposively…
Legal gender recognition in Turkey
Despite recent advances in transgender rights in European countries, some legal systems still have barriers such as obligatory diagnosis, sterilization, and medical interventions and incorporating societal acceptance and public order into their discourse. This study dealing with the regime of legal gender recognition in Turkey first reveals critical reciprocating historical developments in national legal regulations for affirming trans identities…
Feminization of refugee: Intersectionality, solidarity, resistance
This work aims to examine a possible change of feminist civil society pertaining to inclusivity with a particular interest in violence. It evaluates state‐civil society relations, coping mechanisms with domestic violence and solidarity patterns with female refugees. It proposes a novel theoretical contribution, ‘feminization of refugee’ suggesting a positive shift in the empowerment of refugee women through bidirectional solidarity, intersectiona…
Practicing Law in Administrative Detention for Syrian Refugees in Turkey
This paper aims at understanding inclusive capacity of legal system in Turkey by evaluating dynamics of professional advocacy in administrative detention for Syrian refugees in irregular positions. Our empirical study revealed Turkish judicial system, despite its push toward centralization and professionalization in the name of identification by the European impact, has a serious lack of translation and interpretation facilities, procedural incom…
Educational Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
In political, social and economical terms, Turkey is the most affected country of the Syrian crisis. More importantly, Turkey as a host country of Syrian refugees has been living a dramatic demographic change. The most marginalized group living in Turkey is children. Refugee education has hence become of top priority. The global report in refugee education is below the critical level, but Turkish report is even worse in the contexts of not only a…
Assessing the Civil Society’s Role in Refugee Integration in Turkey: NGO-R as a New Typology
After the Syrian refugee influx in Turkey, the aspect of civil society in integration needs further clarification and categorization. Therefore, in this study, we aim to develop a general typology of NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that are active in immigration and immigration-related areas (NGO-R; non-governmental organizations—refugees). Our findings show that NGO-Rs play crucial roles in helping the refugees to access the rights provide…
Lessons from Experiences of Syrian Civil Society in Refugee Education of Turkey
Turkey arranges for the protection of about 1.7 million Syrian refugee children on its territory. This article addresses initiatives and policies towards Syrian children in Turkey, considering characteristics and paradigm shift of refugee education in which hosting large refugee populations. It focuses on experiences of refugee community organizations (RCOs) working on the matter of education. Drawing on an exploratory case study with purposively…
Legal gender recognition in Turkey
Despite recent advances in transgender rights in European countries, some legal systems still have barriers such as obligatory diagnosis, sterilization, and medical interventions and incorporating societal acceptance and public order into their discourse. This study dealing with the regime of legal gender recognition in Turkey first reveals critical reciprocating historical developments in national legal regulations for affirming trans identities…
Feminization of refugee: Intersectionality, solidarity, resistance
This work aims to examine a possible change of feminist civil society pertaining to inclusivity with a particular interest in violence. It evaluates state‐civil society relations, coping mechanisms with domestic violence and solidarity patterns with female refugees. It proposes a novel theoretical contribution, ‘feminization of refugee’ suggesting a positive shift in the empowerment of refugee women through bidirectional solidarity, intersectiona…
Practicing Law in Administrative Detention for Syrian Refugees in Turkey
This paper aims at understanding inclusive capacity of legal system in Turkey by evaluating dynamics of professional advocacy in administrative detention for Syrian refugees in irregular positions. Our empirical study revealed Turkish judicial system, despite its push toward centralization and professionalization in the name of identification by the European impact, has a serious lack of translation and interpretation facilities, procedural incom…
(Non-state) actors in internal bordering and differential inclusion: Syrian refugees' housing experience in Turkey
Turkey, as the largest refugee-hosting country, provides insights into the externalization of European borders and the internalization of its own borders. Oscillating between open-door and strict-border policies, alongside the political inactiveness of public authorities and CSOs governing Syrian mobility, Turkey reveals crucial dynamics. Focusing on Syrian refugees' housing in a refugee hub of Izmir, this study unravels internal bordering and ex…
Entangled intermediation in familialistic care regimes: Migrant domestic work, crises, and migration infrastructures in Turkey
This article examines how migrant domestic and care work in Turkey is organized through entangled systems of intermediation linking households, intermediaries, digital platforms, and migrant social networks within a familialistic welfare regime. While existing research analyzes either the migration industry or migrants’ job-finding practices in isolation, this study integrates both perspectives to conceptualize intermediation as a multi-layered m…
“Here, I Have My Neighbors”: Social capital, welfare, and aging-in-place among older migrant women
Aging-in-place is a central concept in gerontology, yet its underlying assumptions about family support, territorial stability, and care provision are increasingly challenged in contexts of migration. This study examines how aging-in-place is constructed through social capital and welfare structures among older migrant women living alone. Drawing on in-depth interviews with eight widowed migrant women aged 65 and older residing in Germany and the…
Eldercare, childcare, and the making of kin: Power and boundary-making in live-in migrant care work in Türkiye
This article examines how kinning practices shape relationships between migrant domestic workers and employers in live-in care arrangements in Türkiye, and how these practices differ across eldercare and childcare. Drawing on interviews with 78 workers and 14 employers, it analyzes how intimacy, professional boundaries, and power are negotiated within private households. The findings show that kinning is not an inevitable outcome of paid care wor…
Strengthening collective identity and psychosocial adaptation: A career intervention with Mena migrant women in Türkiye
Migration constitutes a profound intercultural transition in which individuals renegotiate identity, belonging, and perceptions of group value within new social contexts. For migrant women, these processes are further shaped by gendered inequalities and constrained access to opportunity. Drawing on social identity and empowerment perspectives, this mixed-methods longitudinal study examined whether a short-term, skill-based psychosocial career int…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Refugee (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Civil society (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)