A Study on Relationship of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey and Their Tendency of Returning Home
A Study on Relationship of Syrian Immigrants in Turkey and Their Tendency of Returning Home

Author(s): Mehmet Emin Sönmez
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; migration; Syrian immigrants; return home; labor relation; wages;
Summary/Abstract: Turkey is one of the countries which receives permanent migration and is situated on the route for transit migration to Europe due to its geographical location and cultural characteristics. Migration to Turkey is forced largely due to wars, internal conflicts and disputes rather than economic in nature. Starting due to cultural imperatives as a result of the Ottoman State’s losing territories, such migration has accelerated during the construction of Turkey's nation states and the immigration continued to flow from particularly Balkans and other regions including the East Turkistan, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the period of the Republic (İçduygu & Sirkeci, 1999, p. 259-265; Çakırer Özservet, 2013, p. 170). Many immigrants immigrate to Turkey temporarily or permanently due to economic and political instability in above mentioned countries as well as Turkey's being a bridge between East-West and North-South (İçduyu & Toktaş, 2005, p. 43). In addition, Turkey is in the "host country" position especially for those immigrants from the same culture since it took over the Ottoman legacy (Buz, 2008, p. 2).

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