@article{2017,title={MIGRATING VIOLENCE : TRANSITION OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING IMIGRATION},abstractNode={The effects of immigration on women cannot be considered independent from the disadvantages resulted by woman's current social position. The social reasons behind the violence against women in Turkey are reshaped in the migrated environment and gain new forms with cultural interaction. Women experience violence in various forms during the post-migration period, similar to the pre-migration period. This study aims to examine the violence against women as a result of the patriarchal social codes within the families migrating from Turkey to England. Feminist / qualitative methodology was used during the research and the data was obtained by conducting deep interviews with 40 women living in London with Turkey origin. The result of the study show that the women immigrated from Turkey and living in London continue to experience violence and it was also determined that the migration triggers the factors that constitute violence considerably and the women’s tendency to hide the violence were increased. The results also indicate that the immigration make the violence against women is more intense and complicated specially within families who maintain their patriarchal culture and the women continues to experience violence intensely in everyday life as the living conditions of their spouses become more difficult.},author={Ayşegül SİLİ KALEM},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}