Contestations Regarding Professional Ethics versus Nationalist Interests
Why do Syrian women have so many babies at a young age in Türkiye?
Join MWWIR for a discussion with Dilek Cindoglu on her work on the tensions between professional ethics and nationalist sentiments in the context of Syrian migrant mothers, analyzing how healthcare practitioners perceive and describe these women within their clinical practices in Türkiye. In migration contexts—where large populations are compelled to leave their native countries—children may serve as instruments of resistance and survival for communities, often subject to disdain and discrimination by the host society, particularly when the migrant population approximates four million, as in Türkiye. This study asserts that political disputes over migration policies often lead to nationalist stances among medical practitioners that may override medical ethics and shape their attitudes towards pregnant migrant women.
Dilek Cindoglu is Professor of Sociology at Yaşar University, İzmir and holds an affiliation with Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM). She has published on the gendered processes of health, sexualities, migration, labor market discrimination, and political participation in international journals and book chapters. Cindoglu is a graduate of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul and received her Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo. She was previously a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Georgetown University and a Fulbright Scholar at Miami University, Ohio, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.