Repository logo

Browsing by Person "Duman, Yasin"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 20 of 21
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Amedspor in Turkish football: multi-dimensional resistance against multi-dimensional racism
    (Brill, 2025-05-22) Duman, Yasin; Coşkun, Revşen Berfin; Ruhavioğlu, Reha
    This study examines Amedspor’s role in Kurdish resistance to racism in Turkey, focusing on grassroots mobilization, identity and belonging, and rights-based struggle. Based on ten in-depth interviews with Amedspor’s managers and fans and content analysis of secondary data sources, the research shows how state repression paradoxically strengthened Kurdish solidarity around the club. We argue that the systemic nature of racism, where prevailing ideologies of Turkish superiority marginalise and criminalise Kurdish identity, echoes historical patterns and goes beyond ethnic discrimination. Amedspor’s struggle exemplifies the resilience of marginalized communities through activism and solidarity, challenging established racial hierarchies. This research contributes to the broader discourse on racism and colonialism in Turkey. While the study acknowledges limitations in focusing solely on Amedspor’s male team, it calls for future intersectional research on experiences of its female team and other marginalized teams fighting diverse forms of racism.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Assessment of perceptions of climate change and its causes and impacts on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing among a group of internally displaced persons in Iraq
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2022-05-31) Marzouk, Hatem Alaa; Duman, Yasin; Meier, Julie; Khudhur, Qanea Lashkri; Alani, Omar
    Extreme weather conditions across Iraq influence people's psychosocial wellbeing, particularly the wellbeing of internally displaced persons (IDPs). This research examines the perceptions of climate change, as well as its causes and impacts on the everyday lives of IDPs in Iraq, and what needs to be done to mitigate these impacts. Following a literature review, this study presents a survey developed and carried out by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) with IDPs in Ninewa and Duhok camp settings to assess interest in climate change, the impacts of climate change on the IDP population, the observed importance of addressing climate change and what actions can be taken to mitigate such impacts. Key research findings illustrate that most IDPs (80%) have observed climate change in their lives and have been affected directly by climate change (74%). Apart from detailing these findings, the study presents the solutions suggested by the IDPs to address climate change impacts. Based on these suggestions, this study then introduces policy-relevant recommendations to enhance the psychosocial wellbeing of the IDPs across Iraq and support government authorities, national policymakers and humanitarian actors in responding to the needs of the affected population associated with the consequences of climate change.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Beyond Survival: Transformative Impacts of Integrating Mental Health and Livelihood Support in Conflict Zones
    (SAGE Publications, 2024-11-19) Duman, Yasin; Meier, Julie; Marzouk, Hatem
    This article presents a case study of an integrated humanitarian intervention that combines mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) with livelihood assistance to enhance the psychosocial well-being, interpersonal relations, and social cohesion of internally displaced persons. Focusing on International Organization for Migration's MHPSS and Livelihood Integration project in Iraq, this paper critically assesses its outcomes and limitations in a protracted conflict and displacement context. Key findings reveal that MHPSS and Livelihood Integration project participants, compared to those in non-integrated programs, reported improved emotional well-being, new life skills and social skills, enhanced problem-solving and stress management abilities, as well as greater adaptability and motivation. Integration of MHPSS and livelihood activities also facilitated social network development and a sense of connectedness. These results show the effectiveness of integrated interventions in supporting the mental health and well-being of internally displaced persons, returnees, and vulnerable community members while promoting a sense of belonging and community cohesion, contributing indirectly to intracommunal peace and positive social transformation. Offering valuable empirical insights, this study contributes to humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding research by demonstrating how structured MHPSS activities can be integrated into livelihood programs to support the mental health and emotional well-being of affected populations in a protracted conflict setting.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Can identification as Muslim increase support for reconciliation? The case of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey
    (2018-05) Baysu, Gülseli; Coşkan, Canan; Duman, Yasin
    Ethnic and national identities, as ingroup and superordinate identities, are key predictors for reconciliation, yet less research considers religious identity a superordinate identity. Focusing on the reconciliation of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, this study aims to test a mediation model in which the relations between ethnic (i.e., Kurdish) and religious identifications (i.e., Muslim) and reconciliation outcomes were mediated by positive intergroup emotions. Moreover, to understand the diffusion of the conflict in a transnational context, this model is tested both in Turkey and Belgium among Muslim Kurdish minorities (N = 141). Kurdish minorities’ levels of support for reconciliation and the ways they construe reconciliation were analyzed as two outcomes. For the latter, descriptions of reconciliation were first content-coded into seven themes. A latent class analysis of these themes led to two main construals: those endorsing a rights-based versus dialogue-based understanding of reconciliation; which was then used as a binary outcome. Results supported a similar mediation model in Turkey and Belgium. Accordingly, stronger religious identification as Muslim was associated with positive intergroup emotions and in turn more support for reconciliation, whereas stronger ethnic identification as Kurdish had the opposite effect. However, having Muslim identity as a superordinate identity was double-edged for the Kurdish minorities: while high Muslim identifiers were more supportive of reconciliation in general; they were also less likely to endorse a rights-based understanding of reconciliation (versus a dialogue-based reconciliation).
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Chapter 22: A human-security approach to the Syrian “refugee crisis” in Turkey: assessing third-party efforts
    (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019-03-29) Duman, Yasin; Çelik, Ayşe Betül; Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Beardsley, Kyle; Quinn, David
    UNHCR statistics indicate that 3.6 million Syrian refugees have been registered in Turkey. This chapter adopts a human-security approach to examine the problems the refugees face in terms of rights, security, intergroup relations, and access to basic services. In doing so, it also discusses the various roles governmental and non-governmental organizations have played as third parties. This study adopts Ager and Strang’s integration framework, which focuses on the foundation of rights and citizenship, requiring attitudinal changes of both the refugees and locals. The data is drawn from interviews with Syrian refugees and leaders or employees of the I/NGOs working with the refugee community in Gaziantep, _zmir, Hatay, _stanbul, and _anlıurfa. Evidence from the field research shows the “refugee crisis” is complex and multi-faceted. Both the Turkish government agencies and I/NGOs provide social, financial, and legal support to the refugees, yet these efforts are not found to be sufficiently responsive.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    I/NGOs’ Assistance to Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Opportunities and Challenges
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2018-10-19) Aras, Bülent; Duman, Yasin
    As of February 2018, around 3.3 million Syrian refugees have been officially registered in Turkey. Several factors, including the Turkish state’s lack of experience in managing the resettlement of such a huge number of refugees, the presence of a conflict and absence of a working cooperation between the EU countries and Turkey, domestic limitations on international NGOs, and the tension between Syrians and Turks, have caused serious problems in the state’s management of refugee affairs. This article aims to discuss the role that international non-governmental organizations (I/NGOs) have been playing in managing Syrian refugees’ resettlement and access to public services by referring to the problems encountered in the field. One-to-one interviews with Syrian refugees and staff members of Syrian, Turkish, and I/NGOs in Gaziantep, Hatay, İzmir, and Şanlıurfa were conducted between June–August 2017. The research emphasizes that the Turkish government needs a well-established integration policy to resolve the problems that both Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens encounter as well as to facilitate local and I/NGOs to work more effectively to help refugees access public services and protect their basic human rights.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Kürt Meselesi ve Barış: Beklenti, Tutum ve Algılar / Kurdish Issue and Peace: Expectations, Attitudes, and Perceptions
    (Spectrum House, 2023-07) Barış, Azad; Gürür, Zeki; Özdemir, Ebru; Duman, Yasin; Işık, Ayhan S.; Sudhoff, Ayşe Öktem; Demiralp, Dara; Sabuncuoğlu, Demet; Altun, Hunav; Doğan, Özgür
    In order to measure the perceptions, attitudes and expectations of Kurdish participants regarding the Kurdish issue and peace issues, we conducted a field research with 1134 Kurdish participants in 15 provinces with NORDEM and Beraberce between 10-24 July 2023. In our field research, we focused on measuring the economic, social and political reflections of the Kurdish issue and how the attempts to solve this issue through security and police methods were perceived by the Kurdish participants. It has been tried to reveal the extent to which the problems arising from the Kurdish issue affect the daily lives and political choices of the Kurds, and the attitudes and expectations of the government, opposition and HDP towards what kind of policies they should develop regarding the solution of this issue. It focuses on understanding participants' perceptions of the "peace" issue in relation to the Kurdish issue and their expectations from institutions, civil society, political parties and leaders on this issue. The field findings of our research were detailed and analyzed according to age, gender, educational status and party.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Locals’ support for integration policies and asylum seekers’ rights: Exploring a normative model of support for Syrians in Turkey
    (Wiley, 2023-10-10) Duman, Yasin; Coşkan, Canan
    Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey have been trying to adapt to their new life circumstances despite unclear integration and resettlement policies and high levels of discrimination and exclusion. We argue that fostering integration and asylum seekers’ rights requires a bottom-up normative approach that considers members of the receiving society as active agents of these processes. Accordingly, in this study, we investigated the role of normative social context as well as sociopsychological antecedents among citizens of Turkey in facilitating their support for governmental integration policies and Syrian asylum seekers’ rights. A survey study was conducted with 202 residents in three cities, namely Bursa, Mardin, and Hatay, representing different geographical, ethnic, and cultural components in Turkey (i.e., Turkish, Kurdish, Arab, and Kurdish-Arab). We specifically examined how citizens’ life concerns, perceptions of pro-diversity norms in their city, and generalized attitudes toward minorities relate to their support for integration policies and Syrians’ rights. Furthermore, we tested the mediating roles of valuing intergroup contact with Syrians as well as accepting their presence and opposing their assimilation. Serial mediation analyses indicated that generalized positive feelings toward other minority groups predict higher support for integration policies, Syrians’ rights, as well as higher expectations of support for Syrians from fellow citizens, first through valuing contact with Syrians and second, through higher acceptance of Syrians’ stay and lower expectations of assimilation. However, perceptions of pro-diversity norms predicted lower support for integration policies, Syrians’ rights, as well as lower expectations of support for Syrians from fellow citizens, first through devaluing contact with Syrians and second, through lower acceptance of Syrians’ stay and higher expectations of assimilation. These findings suggest that attitudes toward existing minority groups can define the social context and sociopsychological antecedents that would foster Syrians’ adaptation to life by taking on board members of the receiving society. However, they also indicate caution regarding the taken-for-granted role of pro-diversity beliefs among the residents, especially in societies with complex intergroup relations.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Needs Assessment in West Ninewa (Baaj, Qairawan, Sinjar and Sinuni)
    (International Organization for Migration (IOM), 2024) Duman, Yasin
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    The Other of the Other: Syrian Refugees from the Perspective of Kurdish Minority in Turkey
    (Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2023-11-29) Duman, Yasin
    Syrian refugees make up one of the largest refugee populations, and Kurds are one of the largest internally displaced ethnic minorities around the world. In Turkey, members of both communities suffer discrimination and violence on both an individual and collective basis. This chapter analyzes data from semi-structured in-depth interviews and fieldwork observations conducted in 2018 and 2019 to evaluate Kurdish community members’ perceptions of and attitudes toward Syrian refugees. Looking at them through the lenses of social dominance orientation, social identity, and collective psychological ownership, the chapter analyzes how Kurdish participants view and respond to the forced migration of Syrian refugees and the rights granted to them under Turkey’s temporary protection policy. The study shows that with the presence of refugees as an outsider community, identity-related attitudes about rights and freedoms among minority groups can shift radically.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Rojava: Bir Demokratik Özerklik Deneyimi / Rojava: An Experience of Democratic Autonomy
    (İletişim Publications, 2016-07) Duman, Yasin
    Rojava is always mentioned in the media and daily politics as a piece or a square on the geopolitical chessboard. The book you have in hand is based on a study done with the intention of understanding the inner world and social reality of Rojava. What kind of solutions do the autonomous governments implemented in Afrin, Kobanî and Jazîre cantons in Syria offer to socio-political, ethnic and religious conflicts? Yasin Duman is trying to answer this question. Autonomy practices in Rojava are different from autonomous governments based on negotiation and consensus or established after conflict. Rojava, An Experience of Democratic Autonomy examines the problems experienced in Rojava and the search for solutions to these problems in the context of nationalism, identity politics, assimilation, political struggle and representation, democracy, justice and freedom. It is a book that tells from the inside, accompanied by testimonies, an experience carried out in an environment of civil war, without the aim of declaring independence or establishing a nation-state.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    The role of the pro-Kurdish DEM party in the 2024 local elections: Navigating new political waters
    (Geopolitica.info, 2024) Duman, Yasin; Abrami, Samuele CA; Gasco, Riccardo
    This contribution aims to analyze the outcomes of the recent local elections held on March 31, 2024, by focusing on the DEM Party as an emerging actor across three key themes: coalition and alliance strategies, conflict resolution, and the potential to restore the democratic autonomy model. It is important to look at these fields as the DEM Party has the potential to consolidate its power in Kurdish-populated areas, across Turkey and influence the trajectory of the next Presidential elections.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Sonu Gelmeyecek Bir Hikâye Yazmak: Suriyeli Sığınmacılar ve Yerel Toplum İçin Politika Önerileri / Writing a story that will never end: Policy recommendations for Syrian asylum seekers and local community
    (Spectrum House, 2022-05-06) Duman, Yasin
    The main goal of the report is to understand the infrastructure of the perceptions and attitudes of political and social structure which increasingly alienate, ostracize and hostilize asylum seekers and how these attitudes and perceptions threaten the lives of asylum seekers and social peace and discuss why it is necessary to develop a new policy.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Why does identity matter? A Two-Path Model to Intergroup Forgiveness via In-group Bias and Outgroup Blame
    (Central and Eastern European Online Library, 2016) Baysu, Gülseli; Duman, Yasin
    In-group and superordinate identities are key predictors for intergroup forgiveness, albeit with opposite effects. To investigate the identity-forgiveness relationship, we included perceived compatibility between in-group and superordinate identities as a predictor; and tested in-group bias and outgroup attributions of responsibility as mediators. As respective parties of an armed conflict in Turkey, Turkish majority and Kurdish minority respondents (N = 227) were interviewed in Turkey and Belgium. The results supported the path through in-group bias for all groups: in-group (Turkish/Kurdish) identity was associated with more bias and in turn less forgiveness; superordinate (Turkish citizenship) identity was associated with less bias and in turn more forgiveness. Compatibility, however, was associated with less bias only for the Kurdish minority. The path through outgroup blame was significant only for the Turkish majority: in-group identity predicted more outgroup blame and in turn less forgiveness. Theoretical and practical implications of these pathways to forgiveness are discussed.