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The purpose of this study was to compare the peer bullying of refugee and non-refugee adolescents, and to explore the association between bullying victimization and psychiatric symptoms among Syrian adolescent refugees in the Southeast Anatolia region of Turkey. Methods: The sample of the study consists of 217 adolescents in the 13–17 age group who are school-going, 102 refugee adolescents, and 115 non-refugee adolescents. The study data was obtained using the Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire developed by the researchers, Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 42 (DASS-42). A structural equation model was used to assess the association between bullying victimization and depressive symptoms, while also considering mediation by stress and anxiety. Results: In this study, 44.1% of refugee adolescents reported experiencing at least one bullying victimization, while this rate was 27.8% in the non-refugee group, and this difference was found statistically significant. The logistic regression analysis revealed that poor school performance was a risk factor for bullying victimization in refugee adolescent. Moreover, the structural equation model analysis revealed that bullying victimization significantly increased the stress level in refugee adolescents, and depressive symptoms were significantly affected by stress and anxiety levels. Conclusion: Taking into consideration that bullying victimization is a significant problem among Syrian refugee adolescents; anti-bullying programmes should be implemented as this may improve the mental health of Syrian refugee adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Syrian poets portray the Syrian war and its aftermath of calamities in our days, and express their rejection of bloodshed, sabotage and forced displacement. They experience the major historical transformations related to this war, and strive to present their poetic testimonies on their era and their own experiences related to this fatefill period that storms the lives of their compatriots. This study aims to shed light on some of the texts produced during the Syrian war Between 2011-2018, and deals with the most important names that critics gave to Syrian poetry hat was said during this period inside and outside Syria, and seeks to clarify the common features that unite the poets of the diaspora, and show the artistic characteristics of their poetry. This research relied on the social approach that seeks to clarify the connection between the text and the society in which it arose. It is thus the most capable of the approaches to respond to the objectives of the research and serving its purposes. The structural approach was used in analyzing the studied poetic texts, highlighting their intemal systems, and understanding their relationships and aesthetic fimetions. The study reached results, including: the importance of Syrian poetry in the diaspora for its role in portraying the reality that people live in and outside their homeland, and its distance from any compelling political pressures, and its incomplete image due to the circumstances in which it was said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The citizenship policies in Turkey as with the whole world have been tackled within the frame of the nation-state. Those being defined at the hands of Turkish identity have took form with the model of Turkish citizenship based on the criteria of the paternity. Although the model was initially built to collect the different ethnicities in itself under the same roof, it has been one of the reasons which led to otherising of the foreign identities in the following years. It is conceived that othering attitude which has been observed towards the people immigrating from Syria to Turkey has been particularly concerned with followed citizenship policies regarding to nation-state in recent years. Hence, this article aims at examining the policies for Syrian people, nowadays followed by the state as relating with the issues of Turkish citizenship, the legal regulations towards the foreign people, civic rights and duties and sociologically analysing those through their social reflections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study which examined the prevalence of depression, adverse events and anxiety related to war among Syrian refugee children who live in Turkey. Topics include several people who were displaced due to war, conflicts and human rights violations, high rates of psychiatric disorders suffered by child and adolescent refugees, and mental health of Syrian refugees.

Objectives: Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, over 3.5 million Syrians have fled to Turkey. Considering the massive burden of healthcare service needs of this population, the Turkish government has launched an initiative as employing Syrian doctors to provide health services to their citizens in Refugee Health Centres. In this study, we aimed to explore the social adaptation status of Syrian physicians living in Turkey using a structured questionnaire and the Social Adaptation Self Evaluation Scale (SASS).Methods: Between November 2016 and April 2018, 799 physicians who participated in "Syrian Physicians' Adaptation Training" were enrolled in the study and underwent a structured questionnaire that questioned socio-demographic data and the SASS. The participants were divided into two groups as having poor and normal/high SASS scores. The binary SASS groups were compared with some demographic data.Results: The median SASS score of the respondents was found as 43 (min. 10, max. 60, IQR 10) which can be accepted as normal. In the binary grouping, it was seen that 107 (13.39%) participants had poor social adaptation, whereas 692 (86.61%) participants had normal or high social adaptation scores. The physicians who were certain about not going back to Syria had significantly higher SASS scores.Conclusion: The social adaptation scores of the Syrian physicians were considerably high. The adaptation status was found to be associated with some characteristics like living in Turkey for a long time and having pre-knowledge about the Turkish healthcare system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]