Research Papers

Bu çalışma, Türk partilerinin Suriyelilere karşı tutumu konusunu, Suriyelilerin Türkiye’deki varlığı, Suriyelilere Türk vatandaşlığı verilmesi, Suriyelilerin iş gücü, Suriye rejimiyle normalleşme süreci ve Suriyelilerin Türkiye’deki geleceği gibi birçok yönden ele almıştır. Buna ek olarak, bu çalışma, bahsi geçen partilerin tutumlarını karşılaştırıp her partinin, seçimi kazanırsa, Suriyelilere muhtemel etkisini ele almaya çalışmıştır...

For this study, we conducted 200 field interviews addressing the energy crisis and its impact on Syrian society in regime-controlled areas, specifically Damascus and Hama. Only 3.5% of the participants stated that they received enough fuel....

Theories of “greed” and “grievance” have been highly influential in interpreting the motivations of oppositional parties in civil wars around the world. Greed theorists emphasize material factors, especially the availability of primary commodity resources that can be seized and used to fund insurrection; while grievance theorists emphasize conflicts between social identity groups...

Non-state armed actors who play a key role in changing the course of the conflict in the Syrian civil war have caught the attention of researchers, politicians, and military personnel. These entities have been largely successful in reaching their religious, ethnic or political objectives through military tactics, threatening the sovereignty of the mother State and exerting political, economic and military monopolies, as in the case of the study at hand. The literature on the Autonomous Administration and its main political component called the Democratic Union Party (PYD) is varied...

This paper attempts to resolve the issue of which the United Nations when imposing any form of sanctions in order to achieve honorable goals such as should follow criteria; ensuring states’ commitment to human rights or protecting international peace and security. Through adopting an analytical approach by studying and analyzing most of the legal rules that will be presented and discussed, I have studied the Syrian conflict since 2011 until now as a factual case study.

As Turkey heads toward elections in 2023, the debate about the Syrian refugees is playing a big role in Turkish political discourse and on social media platforms. Meanwhile, opposition parties see the problem as an opportunity to gain votes and to criticize the AKP government for its inability to handle the crisis successfully.

Syria has witnessed continuous migrations throughout history, to and from it. However, following the outbreak of the revolution in 2011 migration waves from Syria have surged, and millions of Syrians were forced to leave their country or flee to other areas inside Syria. As regime violence increased —...

Bu nedenle Harmoon Araştırmalar Merkezi, Türkiye'deki Suriyelilerin geri dönüş ile ilgili tutumlarını ve bu meselenin ana paydaşları olduklarından dolayı görüşlerini bilmek için bu anketi düzenlemeye karar vermiştir. Ayrıca, Türkiye’deki Suriyeli örneklem grubuna bu anketi hazırlayarak, geri dönüşlerini etkileyen faktörleri tanımayı amaçlamıştır.

Esed rejiminin Suriye’deki ayaklanmaya karşı uyguladığı aşırı şiddet ve 2011 yılından bu yana Suriye’deki çatışmalar, Suriye halkının yarısından fazlasının ikamet ettikleri yerleri terk etmelerine sebep olmuştur. Bu göçmenlerin de yarısı kadar komşu ülkelere sığınmıştır. Türkiye ise en çok mülteci alan ülke olmuştur; Avrupa’ya giden birkaç yüz bin kişiye ek olarak günümüzde Türkiye’deki Suriyeli sığınmacıların sayısı üç milyonu aşmış durumdadır.

The research objective revolves around a number of questions. What are the circumstances that paved the way for the emergence of warlords? What are the mechanisms by which warlords were formed? What is their social, economic and security situation? How does their rapid enrichment relate to warlord intervention in politics and security? Who are the most prominent beneficiaries of the war in terms of their origins, formation, influence, size of wealth, and regional and local relations?