Women and social exclusion: Syrian Dom women in Adana

The concept of Social Exclusion can be defined as the situation in which a person, society, gender, ethnic group is exposed to discrimination for various reasons. With the increasing immigrant population, the visibility of social exclusion has also increased as a result of the migration movements that started to increase due to various reasons across the world. In consequence of the socio-political events that took place in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011, millions of people obliged to migrate to different countries. The purpose of this study is to address the exclusion experiences of Syrian Dom women who were forcibly displaced after the war in Turkey from the perspective of gender, ethnicity and refugee. The research was completed by conducting in-depth interviews with Dom women who came to Turkey after the Syrian war and lived in Adana. Among the findings obtained, the exclusion they experienced in their country of origin was also experienced in the country they migrated to. Dom women protect themselves from this exclusion in a similar way. As a result of this, it has been seen that communication with people from different ethnic origins is limited, they are not included in the public sphere unless they have to, and they hide their traditions outside the community they belong to. The effect of migration on traditional lifestyles is also among the findings obtained. Key Words: Gender ,Social Exclusion, Dom Women, Migration.