- Mukaddime
- Volume:10 Issue:2
- Spatial Concentration of Syrian Immigrants in Spatial Dynamics and Ethnocultural Context
Spatial Concentration of Syrian Immigrants in Spatial Dynamics and Ethnocultural Context
Authors : Celal İNCE
Pages : 561-581
Doi:10.19059/mukaddime.581028
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Publication Date : 2019-11-28
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :This study examines the spatial dynamics of spatial concentration and the migration process of Syrians who migrated to Turkey as a result of the civil war that from the perspective of Şanlıurfa province of Turkey. More than half a million Syrian migrants emigrated to Şanlıurfa. This study investigates why Syrian immigrants are more concentrated in Şanlıurfa in terms of spatial dynamics. As a result of interviews and observations made with the immigrants and the field actors who have close contact with migrants, the issue was tried to be analyzed. A total of 76 people including immigrants and field actors were interviewed. As a result of the study, it was observed that historical, kinship and tribal relations between target and source settlements; collective memory and social similarities and the social texture of the target settlement were the determining factors in the concentration of Syrian immigrants in Şanlıurfa.Keywords : Syrian Immigration, Immigration, Şanlıurfa