Cevdet Acu

Cevdet Acu

Cevdet Acu, Exeter Üniversitesinde/İngiltere Ekonomi alanında doktora öğrencisi. Mültecilerin, göçmenlerin ve toplumun içinde ötekileştirilenlerin o toplum içerisindeki ekonomik entegrasyonu ile ilgileniyor. Doktora konusu olarak mültecilerin...

Cevdet Acu, Exeter Üniversitesinde/İngiltere Ekonomi alanında doktora öğrencisi. Mültecilerin, göçmenlerin ve toplumun içinde ötekileştirilenlerin o toplum içerisindeki ekonomik entegrasyonu ile ilgileniyor. Doktora konusu olarak mültecilerin gittikleri ülkelerde (Türkiye, Ürdün ve Lübnan özelinde) işgücü piyasasına olan etkisini araştırıyor.

Second-class citizen: Roma refugees in Europe

Second-class citizen: Roma refugees in Europe

Not providing help to humans just because they are Roma or look like they are is against the objective of humanitarian organisations. This is also a form of racism that specifically targets the vulnerable ethnic minority.

(In)visible refugees in Europe

(In)visible refugees in Europe

European leaders' discrimination dehumanizes the displacement experiences of non-European refugees. The core principle of asylum must be based on universal human rights, not location proximity, religion, or ethnic identity of displaced people.

Double Standards: Media coverage of Ukrainian refugee crisis

Double Standards: Media coverage of Ukrainian refugee crisis

Whenever I think about the response of Western media against non-European displaced people, I remember the Hungarian camerawoman, Petra Laszlo, who kicked a Syrian father who was holding his child at the Serbian border in 2015. This kick reflects the double standard of mass media coverage against non-European displaced people.

The smell of apple and Halabja Massacre

The smell of apple and Halabja Massacre

Halabja Massacre comes to mind with the words of a child who fell on the ground due to a chemical gas on March 16, 1988: "Mom, there is a smell of apple". Whatever I write will not be enough to describe one of the greatest human tragedies in history.

I am Hamza Ajan, I am a refugee

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I am Hamza Ajan, I am a refugee

Dear Hamza, I hope that there is a place as it has always been told me, and I hope that you are there now. We couldn't protect you; we couldn't provide you a space where you could live in peace in Turkey. This will always be remembered as our shame.

Refugees are not numbers

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Refugees are not numbers

Refugees are no less valuable than others. They are not numbers or statistics. They are people, with names and memories. We should always remember that we are all humans under the same sky though some still think that they are superior to others.

Pandemic days and corona crisis in Jordan

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Pandemic days and corona crisis in Jordan

Then, I understood that this COVID-19 is a huge crisis for people while it is a good chance for nature. Who knows, perhaps this COVID-19 crisis is revenge of nature as we, people, destroy the ecosystem more day by day, unfortunately.