IMMIGRANTS AND VIOLENCE: AN ANALYSIS OF “THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE”

Abstract: New sociological developments that emerged after the attacks of 11 September have given the wave of transnational migration a new dimension. The wave of migration that began towards the Western world has revealed a number of sociological problems that now concern many nations. In this process, nation-states have adopted a cautious approach to the migrant subject, and migrants have been subjected to various forms of violence. Transnational migration and the phenomenon of violence it entails have now begun to be the subject of artistic productions and films that go beyond academic studies. It is in this context that this study, which examines the relationship between transnational migration and violence through the film The Other Side of Hope, aims to identify the types of violence that migrants encounter. As a result, the study found that immigrants tend to experience psychological, symbolic and physical types of violence. The study found that among these types of violence, symbolic violence is the most common. Since symbolic violence is a violence that can be hidden in many issues, it was understood that the Western authorities can use it more. In fact, symbolic violence is hardly understood even by those who are subjected to it.