Syrian refugee entrepreneurship in Turkey: integration and the use of immigrant capital in the informal economy

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entrepreneurs who started up new businesses after 2011, in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Hatay. It describes the entrepreneurial opportunity structure and the significance of the informal economy and analyses Syrians' utilization of various forms of capital in small entrepreneurship and relations to integration. The main finding indicates that the informal economy -as the main site of such entrepreneurship- eases the start-up process but limits on-going business and integration.

Object Details

• ISSN: 2183-2803
• Extent: Seite(n): 200-210
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Social Inclusion, 7(4)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Wirtschaft ; Migration ; Wirtschaftssoziologie ; Management ; Syrien ; Flüchtling ; Türkei ; Unternehmertum ; Wirtschaft ; Integration ; Sozialkapital

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Atasü-Topcuoğlu, Reyhan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2019

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i4.2346
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST