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Homelessness and Homemaking at the Intersection of the Public and the Private in Nusaybin, 2016–2023

In: Kurdish Studies Journal
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Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca Orient-Institut, Istanbul Beyoğlu/İstanbul Türkiye

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Abstract

This article examines the loss of home due to displacement after the urban clashes in Nusaybin in 2015–2016, homemaking practices as coping strategies, and the meanings of home and homelessness. The article questions the multiple meanings attached to experiences of loss of home and homemaking, restricted to the neighbourhood level for this article’s purposes. Based on the narratives of those rendered homeless, it argues that the destruction of Nusaybin was the destruction of a home in both its public and private senses. The analytical distinction between private and public homes allows one to make sense of the multi-layered practices and meanings of homelessness and homemaking by following the mutual relationality between the public and the private. The article argues that places where public and private intersect, such as gardens and têndurs, are productive spaces for homemaking and for the flourishing of agency.

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