Migration From Syria To Turkey: Threats And Opportunities

Abstract In the history, human beings have migrated in the world due to geographical conditions and climate. But in modern times it occurs due to human rights violations, unequal distribution of rights, increase in population, inadequate resources, a better life search and civil wars. Migrations affect the destination society in many ways such as the economy, politics, security concerns and social issues. While these effects are perceived as a threat at the beginning of migration, they have the potential to turn into an opportunity later on. The example of migration in recent years is the Syrian civil war and the mass migration of the Syrians, especially to the peripheral countries. In this article, with the help of current studies the effects of the Syrians on Turkey such as economy, education, security and other (including health, housing, lack of capacity and integration issues) will be investigated and the impacts of Syrians will be tried to determine within the context of threats and opportunities. In the conclusion part, some recommendations will be made to the policy makers