Evaluation of Internal Migration in Turkey With Spatial Analysis Techniques

Abstract

The migration of individuals from one place to another is based on numerous economic and socio-cultural reasons. In the context of these reasons, development differences between regions are also expected to affect migration. In this context, this study aims to investigate the net migration rates differences in Turkey on a provincial basis and to determine the factors affecting the net migration rates. For this purpose, the spatial pattern of the net migration rate was examined, and by reviewing the variables that are expected to be related to migration, the impacts of these variables on the net migration rate have been revealed. Thus, it was seen that as the population growth rate and the gross domestic product increase, the net migration rate increases; and as the population density increases, the net migration rate decreases, that is, the province becomes a province of emigration. Finding of the study shows that the net migration rate is influenced not only by the characteristics of a site but also by the net migration rates and characteristics of neighboring settlements. In fact, geography is an important factor that should be taken into consideration in the examination of the factors affecting the net migration rate.

Göç Sonrası Uyum Sürecı̇nde İş Rolünün Coğrafi Ağırlıklı Poisson Regresyon İle İncelenmesi: Van Örneği

“…This study is important in terms of the fact that migration, which is one of the important problems of today, was made in the province of Van and the model used. When migration studies conducted throughout Türkiye are examined, it has been observed that models such as OLS and Spatial analysis methods are generally used statistically (Öz and Çelebioglu, 2015;Özgür and Aydın, 2011;Aral and Oğuzlar, 2021). In addition, when the studies conducted in the field of migration and integration in Turkey and Van (Dirimeşe and Emre, 2022;Demirkıran, 2020;Şimşek, 2018;Korkmaz and Öztürk, 2017;Dumancı and Gür, 2022;Demirağ and Kakışım;Sağıroğlu and Yılmaz, 2021) were examined, it was observed that the methods used in this study were not used.…”