Hollanda Örneğinde Türkiye’den Avrupa Ülkelerine İşgücü Göçü

In the post-World War II period, the labour deficit that emerged in the employment markets of European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, France and Belgium was met from the countries such as Greece, Yugoslavia and Spain, especially Turkey. Turkish labour migration to European countries has been supported by Turkish governments, with the idea that the need for qualified personnel for Turkey's developing industry will be met with workers who will temporarily leave and return to the country as qualified. In this context, labour agreements were made with Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria and Sweden in the 1960s, and many Turks started to go to European countries as workers. With the 1970s, the changing balances in the world and the replacement of industrial societies by post-industrial societies and the changing demands of labour markets changed the course of Turkish labor migration to European countries. Since the mid-1970s, as a result of the fact that Turkish workers have started to take their wives and children with them through family unions, there has been a significant increase in the number of Turks living in European countries. The first generation of Turks, the vast majority of whom are men and who do not have problems such as unemployment, and their children have started to face various problems such as unemployment and discrimination, especially due to the change in the labour market and the changing approaches of the host countries. On the other hand, during this period, a significant number of European Turks have become employers beyond being workers in European countries. In this study, Turkish labour migration to European countries since the 1960s is discussed in the case of the Netherlands, within the framework of changing world balances and within a sociological scheme.