POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON THE INTEGRATION PROCESS OF SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN

On March 15, 2011, in Syria, conflicts that began with the protests known as the Arab Spring and gained momentum as of April, led the country into a civil war. With the spread of civil war throughout the country and life becomes uninhabitable, the Syrians, who could not meet their basic needs and security, started to leave their country by using their right to asylum. Turkey, which has strong historical, cultural and neighborhood ties with Syria from past to present, follow “open door policy” for Syrian citizens affected by the crisis. In addition, Turkey has become a country that accepts a maximum of Syrian refugees in four years with a 44% acceptance rate among Syria's neighboring countries. According to UNHCR data, 49.2% of all Syrian refugees in Turkey are women and children. This ratio shows that women are among the most affected groups in the immigration and they are a risky group to be examined. In this context, it is an important necessity to overcome the adaptation problems of Syrian refugee women and to maintain social relations with the countries in which they are located. For this purpose, the social networks of Syrian refugee women should be considered. These problems not only increase the orientation to crime, but also reveal the dark side of social networks. In this study, firstly, positive aspects of social networks in the process of inclusion of Syrian refugee women in the context of institutional explanations have been pointed. In addition to having a positive effect on social networks, it also brings a negative effect, and drags Syrian women to other problems