Impact of Syrian People in Turkey on Turkish Economy

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 123 - 132, 31.12.2019

Bülent Adil , Mahmut Özdemir

Abstract

260 Syrian asylum
seekers fleeing the conflict, arrived in Turkey as a group on 29 April 2011 to Hatay
Yayladağı border because of the civil war that took place after the
demonstrations against the regime that began in 2011. By providing temporary
protection within the framework of the open-door policy and the principle of
non-refoulement, Turkey has accepted the entrance of Syrian asylum seekers. In
the period from 2011 until today the number of Syrian asylum seekers living in
Turkey reached approximately 4,000,000 people. According to official
authorities, the amount of money spent on Syrian Refugees up to now is more
than $ 30 billion. This amount has reached a significant proportion of Turkey's
Gross National Product. Turkey is in the first place in the world as GDP ratios
in terms of assistance to migrants. With the extraordinary sacrifices put
forward by the citizens of the Republic of Turkey, to a great extent, it has
been successfully managed without encountering very serious problems in a way
that is unlike any other in the world. As a result of this intense migratory
incident, it seems impossible not to have social, cultural and economic effects
of  Syrian asylum seekers who settled in each region in Turkey. In
this study, the effects of the Syrian asylum seekers on the Turkish Economy
were obtained by analyzing the data acquired from the research. Thus, with this
research it has been found out, in which sectors and in what size the Syrian asylum
seekers are in the Turkish Economy

Keywords

Suriyeli Sığınmacı, Ekonomik Etki, Gayri Safi Milli Hasıla

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