
Published online:
23 May 2024
Published in print:
22 September 2023
Online ISBN:
9781399519670
Print ISBN:
9781399519656
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Jînda, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. What was your motivation to leave Turkey and when did that happen? Jînda, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. What was your motivation to leave Turkey and when did that happen?
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Can you tell us more about that story? Can you tell us more about that story?
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Did you leave using your passport and getting on a ferry or did you leave by different means? Did you leave using your passport and getting on a ferry or did you leave by different means?
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Do the raids continue even though you are abroad now? Do the raids continue even though you are abroad now?
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There are policies in Turkey such as where people like yourself who are members of groups that after 2013 have continuously challenged, have struggled to challenge or are accused of challenging the current regime are having their property in Turkey seized. Was any of your property in Turkey seized? There are policies in Turkey such as where people like yourself who are members of groups that after 2013 have continuously challenged, have struggled to challenge or are accused of challenging the current regime are having their property in Turkey seized. Was any of your property in Turkey seized?
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Did you do this transfer process before or after you left for Samos? Did you do this transfer process before or after you left for Samos?
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Many people are migrating to Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, more exceptionally to the United States and Canada and recently even to Japan. Greece is being used in two ways. The first is as a place to which very exceptional people such as yourself are migrating. The second – and we know this from EU data – is as a place where numerous Gülenists have requested asylum. There is a new generation of Turkish migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Greece. What is your approach to Greece? Are you safe in your home? Many people are migrating to Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, more exceptionally to the United States and Canada and recently even to Japan. Greece is being used in two ways. The first is as a place to which very exceptional people such as yourself are migrating. The second – and we know this from EU data – is as a place where numerous Gülenists have requested asylum. There is a new generation of Turkish migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Greece. What is your approach to Greece? Are you safe in your home?
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It’s one of the closest islands, as far as I know. It’s one of the closest islands, as far as I know.
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Europe is now saturated with migrants leaving Turkey. Acceptance rates have now dropped to less than half of the levels seen in 2017 and 2018. In fact, only one in ten applicants are accepted now. There are a few reasons for this, the first of them being that the population has really filled up. So do you trust the Greek government? I mean, do you trust that the Greek government won’t repatriate you if Turkey asks that you be sent back tomorrow or the next day? Europe is now saturated with migrants leaving Turkey. Acceptance rates have now dropped to less than half of the levels seen in 2017 and 2018. In fact, only one in ten applicants are accepted now. There are a few reasons for this, the first of them being that the population has really filled up. So do you trust the Greek government? I mean, do you trust that the Greek government won’t repatriate you if Turkey asks that you be sent back tomorrow or the next day?
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You mentioned that there were a few Turkish nationals in Samos. How is your relationship with the new arrivals? There were people who had arrived previously – there were Kurds. As far as I know there are a few Turkish nationals there who aren’t Kurdish. How are the relationships between earlier and newer arrivals? Also, how are the relationships between different groups – Kurds, Alevis, Gülenists? You mentioned that there were a few Turkish nationals in Samos. How is your relationship with the new arrivals? There were people who had arrived previously – there were Kurds. As far as I know there are a few Turkish nationals there who aren’t Kurdish. How are the relationships between earlier and newer arrivals? Also, how are the relationships between different groups – Kurds, Alevis, Gülenists?
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Turkey has practised extraterritorial authoritarianism for a long time, doing things such as not allowing certain processes to be conducted at consulates, blacklisting certain individuals and so forth. Have you experienced anything like this? Is the Turkish state still after you? Turkey has practised extraterritorial authoritarianism for a long time, doing things such as not allowing certain processes to be conducted at consulates, blacklisting certain individuals and so forth. Have you experienced anything like this? Is the Turkish state still after you?
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How? How?
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How does it feel as a Kurd to translate for the Gülenists? How does it feel as a Kurd to translate for the Gülenists?
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Do you view Turkey any differently now that you are far away? Do you believe it has changed much? Do you view Turkey any differently now that you are far away? Do you believe it has changed much?
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Would you return one day, or do you ever think about returning? Would you return one day, or do you ever think about returning?
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But of course, this probably isn’t a complete return? But of course, this probably isn’t a complete return?
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Cite
Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi, and Bahar Baser, 'Jînda Zekioğlu', An Exodus from Turkey: Tales of Migration and Exile (Edinburgh , 2023; online edn, Edinburgh Scholarship Online, 23 May 2024), https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781399519656.003.0013, accessed 9 May 2025.
Abstract
Interview with Zinda Zekioglu
Subject
Middle Eastern Studies
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