Migration and social exclusion: Sample of Syrian Abdal asylum-seekers living in Gaziantep and İstanbul

In this study, the city border with Turkey to Syria in different months of 2019 Gaziantep and most refugee hosting one of the city using qualitative data obtained from field investigations in Istanbul, Syrian analyzed social exclusion experiences suffered by Abdal asylum seekers. Exclusion experiences mentioned in the study are basically expressed on five different levels. These; spatial, economic, political, cultural and discursive levels. Within the scope of the study, each of these experiences is evaluated in the context of the social exclusion phenomenon in which the asylum-seeker Abdals face the difficulties they face during their struggle to hold on to life in the city centers where they settled. Purpose of this study, Syrian Abdal refugees struggle to survive by living in Turkey, before the war and after the life changing practice their everyday that exclusion forms of life and tactical maneuvers as they have developed against this exclusion is trying to figure out Gaziantep and İstanbul samples. Within the scope of the study, semi-structured interview form was used and interviews were conducted with 45 interviewers, mostly resident and asylum seekers, in accordance with the in-depth interview technique. In addition to in-depth interviews, participatory observation notes taken during field research were also used to support the research findings obtained during the analysis process. One of the most important conclusions of the study showed that Abdal asylum seekers face a different degree of categorical exclusion in the post-migration process due to their identity characteristics and disadvantageous position. Key Words: Migration, Social Exclusion, Abdals, Alawiism