KIZILAY'S MIGRATION MANAGEMENT MODEL AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BULGARIAN REFUGEES
Abstract
In 1950-51, a significant number of Bulgarian Turks, exceeding a hundred thousand, migrated to Türkiye during the forced migration from Bulgaria. Türkiye showed considerable importance to Bulgarian Turks by establishing the Migration and Refugee Assistance Association. President Celal Bayar personally visited the Turks coming from Bulgaria. The Migration and Refugee Assistance Association, under the chairmanship of TBMM President Refik Koraltan and with the authorization for the Turkish Red Crescent to collect donations, conducted significant activities in the field of social assistance.
Initially, the Turkish Red Crescent distributed hot meals through the Edirne soup kitchen to migrants passing through the border. In Tekirdağ and Çorlu, migrant hospitals were established for those who fell ill during winter conditions. The needs of migrants staying in guesthouses, such as food and clothing, were met by procuring them from the market through the Turkish Red Crescent. Significant donations were made to the Turkish Red Crescent to construct migrant homes. This article will present the social assistance provided by the Turkish Red Crescent to Bulgarian migrants based on Turkish Red Crescent archive documents through descriptive analysis method.
Keywords
Bulgarian immigrants , Red Crescent , forced migration , migrant houses
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