Refugee Encounters at the Turkish-Syrian Border: Antakya at the Crossroads

The Turkish-Syrian borderlands host almost half of the Syrian refugees, with an estimated 1.5 million people arriving in the area following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. This book investigates the ongoing negotiations of ethnicity, religion and state at the border, as refugees struggle to settle and to navigate their encounters with the Turkish state and with different sectarian groups.

In particular, the book explores the situation in Antakya, the site of the ancient city of Antioc...