H. Pınar Şenoğuz is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Until she was dismissed by the emergency decree in 2016, she taught sociology in a public university in Gaziantep city on the Turkish border with Syria. Among her published and forthcoming articles, she explores shadow markets and illegality, post-migration conflicts and refugee hospitality in the southeastern border regions of Turkey. Her research interests include the anthropology of borderland and illegality, border politics and refugee reception policies in EU and Middle Eastern countries, and power and in/exclusion in the Middle East.

• Introduction 1. Exploring Community and Change from Border Perspective Part I Traditional Notables 2. Eşraf and Esnaf: Local Notables and Drawing Social Boundaries 3. Fall From Grace: The Decline of Traditional Landed Notables Part II New Wealth and the Middle Class 4. Wealth Generation and the Rise of New Rich in the Margins of Economy and State 5. Kilis as "little Beirut", Markets and Illegality Part III Reural and Urban Poor 6. Peasantry Turning into Border Laborers 7. "The Border Gate Will Not Ever Be Closed": Livelihoods, Aspirations, and Reciprocity among the Poor. Conclusion. Epilogue: War Spillovers on Kilis Borderland

H. Pınar Şenoğuz is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Until she was dismissed by the emergency decree in 2016, she taught sociology in a public university in Gaziantep city on the Turkish border with Syria. Among her published and forthcoming articles, she explores shadow markets and illegality, post-migration conflicts and refugee hospitality in the southeastern border regions of Turkey. Her research interests include the anthropology of borderland and illegality, border politics and refugee reception policies in EU and Middle Eastern countries, and power and in/exclusion in the Middle East.

• Introduction 1. Exploring Community and Change from Border Perspective Part I Traditional Notables 2. Eşraf and Esnaf: Local Notables and Drawing Social Boundaries 3. Fall From Grace: The Decline of Traditional Landed Notables Part II New Wealth and the Middle Class 4. Wealth Generation and the Rise of New Rich in the Margins of Economy and State 5. Kilis as "little Beirut", Markets and Illegality Part III Reural and Urban Poor 6. Peasantry Turning into Border Laborers 7. "The Border Gate Will Not Ever Be Closed": Livelihoods, Aspirations, and Reciprocity among the Poor. Conclusion. Epilogue: War Spillovers on Kilis Borderland

H. Pınar Şenoğuz is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Göttingen in Germany. Until she was dismissed by the emergency decree in 2016, she taught sociology in a public university in Gaziantep city on the Turkish border with Syria. Among her published and forthcoming articles, she explores shadow markets and illegality, post-migration conflicts and refugee hospitality in the southeastern border regions of Turkey. Her research interests include the anthropology of borderland and illegality, border politics and refugee reception policies in EU and Middle Eastern countries, and power and in/exclusion in the Middle East.

• Introduction 1. Exploring Community and Change from Border Perspective Part I Traditional Notables 2. Eşraf and Esnaf: Local Notables and Drawing Social Boundaries 3. Fall From Grace: The Decline of Traditional Landed Notables Part II New Wealth and the Middle Class 4. Wealth Generation and the Rise of New Rich in the Margins of Economy and State 5. Kilis as "little Beirut", Markets and Illegality Part III Reural and Urban Poor 6. Peasantry Turning into Border Laborers 7. "The Border Gate Will Not Ever Be Closed": Livelihoods, Aspirations, and Reciprocity among the Poor. Conclusion. Epilogue: War Spillovers on Kilis Borderland