Local Politics and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Discussed at BAU

A panel was held at the Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Beşiktaş South Campus to find solutions to the crises experienced by Syrian refugees and to examine the accompanying changes in local politics. 

At the panel held to find solutions to the crises experienced by refugees and to examine the accompanying changes in local politics at theBahçeşehir University (BAU) Beşiktaş South Campuson Wednesday, 6 December, between 13:30 and 16:30, with the participation of the Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Project atthe University of Oxford, who conducts research on refugees and is one of the leading experts on the subject, particularly in the UK,Prof. Alexander Betts, the research titled“The Local Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Exploring Sub-National Responses in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan”and its findings were shared with participants.

The panel was also attended by the other members of the research team: faculty member at the Department of Forced Migration at Oxford UniversityDr. Ali Ali; Research Assistant at the University of Oxford and faculty member at the Department of International Relations at Çukurova UniversityDr. Fulya Memişoğlu; and Director of the Bahçeşehir University Migration and Urban Studies Center (BAUMUS)Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ulaş Sunata. The members shared their evaluations of the report.