Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Social, Human and Administrative Research Papers, Elagöz,İ,Gezer,A.,Yılmaz,A. Erdoğan,G., Editör, Gece Akademi, Ankara, ss.47-62, 2019
Situated at the crossroads,
Turkey has to embrace an influx of refugees and immigrant workers coming from
the Middle Eastern countries such as Irak and Syria and Turkic countries, such
as Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan during the last 30 years. At present, Turkey
accommodates around 3.607.563 registered Syrian refugees (2018 statistics) and
many additional immigrant workers from different countries. While only 153,413
Syrians live in temporary accommodation centres, others have settled throughout
Turkey. The majority has been settled down in four cities: İstanbul (558,548),
Şanlıurfa (456,754), Hatay (441,197), Gaziantep (417,013). Besides, six other
cities accommodate over 100,000 Syrians each. These are Bursa, İzmir, Konya,
Adana, Mersin and Kilis (www.goc.gov.tr). Registered refugees gain Temporary
Protection Status, which provides individuals to gain access to services, such
as health care, education, social assis-tance and translation (cf. Yıldırım et al. 2019).