Demographic Data on Syrians in Turkey: What do we know?

Abstract

With the outbreak of civil war in Syria, Turkey has become the host of the largest refugee population in the world. In a country where reliable population registration systems are only recently established and where no extensive legal arrangements on migration existed prior to the Syrian crisis, the whole refugee situation was handled rather unsystematically, with everchanging institutions and regulations, and various iterations of both. In this paper we present the demographic statistics that have been made public by different sources from the beginning of the crisis up to today because they are hard to reach in one place accompanied by relevant institutional changes; with the aim of assessing the current demographic data and revealing what is missing.

Impact of cultural values on leadership roles and paternalistic style from the role theory perspective

“…For example, in 2019, the monthly and cumulative totals of irregular migrants rise from 20 thousand to 103 thousand, in mathematical terms, this means five times expansion (Directorate General of Migration Management, 2020). Specifically, the high number of irregular migrant Syrians in Turkey, for whom an indication of trespassing to Europe instead of a return home is not on the near horizon, poses economic, social, cultural and also demographic challenges for the work force (Adalı and T€ urkyılmaz, 2020). Theses irregular migration movements will not only change the extraterritoriality of European borders but also self-oriented geopolitical strategies, covering European "migration diplomacy" for the workforce (Karada g, 2019).…”

Increasing the Social Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey through Vocational Education and Training

“…Important steps have been taken for the education of Syrian children, whose numbers in Turkey have been growing rapidly for nearly a decade (Emin, 2016;Emin, 2019;Kılıç & Özkor, 2019;Tüzün, 2017). Since 2011, Turkey implemented several short-term policies at the beginning, but as of 2014, it initiated several long-term policies in order to increase Syrian refugees' access to education, health and employment (Adalı & Türkyılmaz, 2020;Çelik & İçduygu, 2018;Unutulmaz, 2019). Thanks to the Foreigners and International Protection Law No.…”

“…However, the integration was not so easy at the secondary and postsecondary levels (Emin, 2019;MEB, 2013). On the other hand, since the Syrian population in Turkey seems to be younger than the Turkish population (Adalı & Türkyılmaz, 2020), the MoNE took another important step for the integration of the refugees in 2020 by designing new projects to encourage their participation in labor market through VET. In cooperation with the German Development Bank (KfW), the MoNE initiated the "Social and Economic Cohesion I and II" projects and the "Facilitating the Access of Syrian and Host Communities to Employment through Quality Apprenticeship and Vocational Education in Turkey Program."…”

A Promising Opportunity for the Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: New Targets in Accessing the Labor Market through Vocational Education and Training

“…Additionally, Turkey has conducted comprehensive projects to increase their access to health, education and fundamental humanitarian services. Currently, Turkey is the country hosting the highest number of refugees in the world, with a population of approximately four million (Adalı & Türkyılmaz, 2020;Cantekin, 2019). The age interval of Syrian refugees is comparatively quite young, and it is critically important for education and access to the labor market in the long term (Adalı & Türkyılmaz, 2020).…”