Attitudes of Turkish youth toward Syrian refugees in respect to youths’ gender, income, education, and city: A Scale Development Study
Attitudes of Turkish youth toward Syrian refugees in respect to youths’ gender, income, education, and city: A Scale Development Study

Author(s): Ulaş Sunata, Seray Çağla Keleş, Tuğçe Aral, Muazzez Yıldırım, Ece Kurtoğlu
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Evaluation research, Demography and human biology, Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; migration; Syrian refugees; Turkish youth attitude; demography;
Summary/Abstract: Immigration due to several factors such as natural disasters, lack of employment and education opportunities, and political environment in a country has occurred in the modern world. As one of them, there has been increased migration from Syria to neighboring countries since the emergence of civil war in spring 2011. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR), more than five millions of Syrians have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq for the reason to find better living conditions, food and clean water. However, the flow of millions created a new sociological and political dynamic in the regions that received migrants. Even though Turkey is known with its multi-ethnic society, the sudden rise in the numbers of refugees and the effects of accommodating refugees in Turkey led for a spectrum of opinions towards Syrian refugees.

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