Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
FOOD SECURITY, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Syrian refugees in Türkiye face significant challenges in accessing adequate and nutritious food, a situation exacerbated by their precarious living conditions and recent external shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, and the 2023 earthquake. Yet, little research has examined how these refugees perceive their food needs and cope with food insecurity. This article fills this gap by utilizing the Food and Agriculture Organization’s framework for studying food security, which encompasses availability, access, utilization, and stability. Through 27 semi-structured interviews, the study explores how refugees handle food insecurity, including by limiting food quantity and diversity, borrowing money and food, and prioritizing children’s nutrition. Furthermore, the study highlights the governance dimension of food security, demonstrating how policies and market forces affect refugees’ vulnerability to hunger. By adopting a qualitative approach focused on migrants’ narratives and experiences, this article provides a nuanced, micro-level understanding of food insecurity. It examines the cultural and social aspects of this issue for refugees, while also offering recommendations for policymakers and humanitarian organizations who aim to mitigate this crisis within a crisis.