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Polityka zarządzania kryzysem uchodźczym w Turcji
Policy of managing the refugee crisis in Turkey

Author(s): Renata Kurpiewska-Korbut
Subject(s): Social differentiation, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Syrian refugees; Turkey; migration policy; crisis management; social integration of refugees; AKP; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Summary/Abstract: Syrian domestic war has created an unprecedented situation in Turkey. Since 2011 more than three million refugees have appeared inside its borders making it the country with the largest refugee population in the world. In addition, this number constitutes over 3.5% of the total population of the country, estimated at 80 million people. Managing such a large refugee community is not an easy matter, even for a state with effi cient administration and large economic opportunities. The paper shows the evolution of Turkish crisis management policy towards their presence from the level of hospitality to social integration of them, together with a vague declaration of their naturalization. The ongoing, barely known process presented here is particularly interesting in the context of the complex political situation in Turkey generated by the ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

  • Issue Year: XIV/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 289-302
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish