Bachelor Room as a Space of Hidden Homelessness: Everyday Life Performances of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam

Şener Kaya; Adem Sağır

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Bachelor Room as a Space of Hidden Homelessness: Everyday Life Performances of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam

Yazarlar:

Şener Kaya | Adem Sağır

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji (Diğer)

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.44 Issue 2, pp.655-682

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340888

pISSN:

2667-6931

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Özet:

 While experiencing being foreigners in Amsterdam, Turkish immigrants staying in bachelor rooms are people who are overshadowed because they cannot participate in the public space outside of their own space due to certain limitations. The subject of the study is how people living in single rooms build their social relationships in the context of hidden homelessness. The study aims to understand the realities behind Turkish immigrants daily life experiences and performances living in bachelor rooms in Amsterdam. While studies on bachelor rooms mainly focus on issues such as housing, employment qualifications, and problems experienced by people who migrated internally, they only touch on how the people staying here build their social relations at a limited level. Additionally, bachelor pads have not been thoroughly investigated as an example of hidden homelessness. The original aspects of the study are how people who try to survive in single rooms in a different culture in Amsterdam build their social relations and the in-depth investigation of bachelor rooms in the context of hidden homelessness. While their performances in public spaces represent the front of the stage, the objective reality in this study, which tries to understand the reason for their performances in front of the stage, is that the places where people stay are one of the limited areas where they can show their true identities. A qualitative research method was preferred in the study, and in-depth interviews were conducted with convenience sampling within the scope of the explanatory case study. During the study, participants described their rooms as tourist houses rather than bachelors housesrooms. The biggest problems of the individuals living here are that they come to the country illegally and do not know the language. This situation limits participation in social life and performance in daily life, which are similar to the problems experienced by people living as hidden homeless people.

 While experiencing being foreigners in Amsterdam, Turkish immigrants staying in bachelor rooms are people who are overshadowed because they cannot participate in the public space outside of their own space due to certain limitations. The subject of the study is how people living in single rooms build their social relationships in the context of hidden homelessness. The study aims to understand the realities behind Turkish immigrants daily life experiences and performances living in bachelor rooms in Amsterdam. While studies on bachelor rooms mainly focus on issues such as housing, employment qualifications, and problems experienced by people who migrated internally, they only touch on how the people staying here build their social relations at a limited level. Additionally, bachelor pads have not been thoroughly investigated as an example of hidden homelessness. The original aspects of the study are how people who try to survive in single rooms in a different culture in Amsterdam build their social relations and the in-depth investigation of bachelor rooms in the context of hidden homelessness. While their performances in public spaces represent the front of the stage, the objective reality in this study, which tries to understand the reason for their performances in front of the stage, is that the places where people stay are one of the limited areas where they can show their true identities. A qualitative research method was preferred in the study, and in-depth interviews were conducted with convenience sampling within the scope of the explanatory case study. During the study, participants described their rooms as tourist houses rather than bachelors housesrooms. The biggest problems of the individuals living here are that they come to the country illegally and do not know the language. This situation limits participation in social life and performance in daily life, which are similar to the problems experienced by people living as hidden homeless people.

 While experiencing being foreigners in Amsterdam, Turkish immigrants staying in bachelor rooms are people who are overshadowed because they cannot participate in the public space outside of their own space due to certain limitations. The subject of the study is how people living in single rooms build their social relationships in the context of hidden homelessness. The study aims to understand the realities behind Turkish immigrants daily life experiences and performances living in bachelor rooms in Amsterdam. While studies on bachelor rooms mainly focus on issues such as housing, employment qualifications, and problems experienced by people who migrated internally, they only touch on how the people staying here build their social relations at a limited level. Additionally, bachelor pads have not been thoroughly investigated as an example of hidden homelessness. The original aspects of the study are how people who try to survive in single rooms in a different culture in Amsterdam build their social relations and the in-depth investigation of bachelor rooms in the context of hidden homelessness. While their performances in public spaces represent the front of the stage, the objective reality in this study, which tries to understand the reason for their performances in front of the stage, is that the places where people stay are one of the limited areas where they can show their true identities. A qualitative research method was preferred in the study, and in-depth interviews were conducted with convenience sampling within the scope of the explanatory case study. During the study, participants described their rooms as tourist houses rather than bachelors housesrooms. The biggest problems of the individuals living here are that they come to the country illegally and do not know the language. This situation limits participation in social life and performance in daily life, which are similar to the problems experienced by people living as hidden homeless people.

 Çalışmanın konusu gizli evsizlik bağlamında bekâr odalarında yaşayan kişilerin sosyal ilişkilerini nasıl inşa ettikleridir. Çalışmanın amacı Amsterdamda bekâr odalarında yaşayan Türk göçmenlerin gündelik hayat deneyimleri ve performanslarının arkasındaki gerçeklikleri anlamaktır. Bekâr odalarında kalan Türk göçmenler, Amsterdamda yabancı olmayı deneyimlerken kendi mekânlarının dışında belli sınırlılıklardan dolayı kamusal alana çok dâhil olamadıklarından gölgede kalmış kişilerdir. Bekâr odaları üzerine yapılan çalışmalar daha çok iç göçle gelen kişilerin barınma, istihdam nitelikleri, yaşadıkları sorunlar gibi konulara değinirken burada kalan kişilerin sosyal ilişkilerini nasıl inşa ettiklerine sınırlı bir düzeyde değinmektedir. Ayrıca bekâr odaları gizli evsizlik örneği olarak derinlemesine araştırılmamıştır. Amsterdamda farklı bir kültür içerisinde bekâr odalarında var olma çabası gösteren kişilerin sosyal ilişkilerini nasıl inşa ettiği ve bekâr odalarının gizli evsizlik bağlamında derinlemesine araştırılması çalışmanın özgün yanlarını oluşturmaktadır. Kamusal alanda gösterdikleri performanslar sahne önünü temsil ederken asıl gerçeklik sahne önünde gösterdikleri performansların nedenini anlamaya çalışan bu çalışmada kişilerin kaldıkları mekânlar gerçek kimliklerini gösterebildikleri sınırlı alanlardan biridir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemi tercih edilmiş, açıklayıcı durum çalışması kapsamında kolayda örnekleme ile derinlemesine görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma sürecinde katılımcılar yaşadıkları odaları bekâr eviodası yerine turist evi olarak tanımlamışlardır. Burada yaşayan bireylerin yasal olmayan yollarla ülkeye gelmeleri ve dil bilmemeleri en büyük problemleridir. Bu durum gizli evsiz olarak yaşamlarını sürdüren kişilerin yaşadıkları sorunlarla benzerlik gösteren sosyal hayata katılımı ve gündelik hayattaki performansları sınırlandırmaktadır.

Makale detayları

Bachelor Room as a Space of Hidden Homelessness: Everyday Life Performances of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam

Yazarlar:

Şener Kaya | Adem Sağır

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji (Diğer)

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.44 Issue 2, pp.655-682

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340888

pISSN:

2667-6931

Homelessness

Hidden homelessness

International migration

Bachelor rooms

AmsterdamEvsizlik

Gizli evsizlik

Uluslararası göç

Bekâr odaları

Amsterdam

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Şener Kaya | Adem Sağır

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji (Diğer)

Dergi: İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.44 Issue 2, pp.655-682

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001340888

pISSN: 2667-6931

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Şener Kaya | Adem Sağır

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji (Diğer)

Dergi:

İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi Vol.44 Issue 2, pp.655-682

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001340888

pISSN:

2667-6931