Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Zırh B. C. (Yürütücü), Demirkol Colosio E.(Yürütücü)
Diğer Uluslararası Fon Programları, 2022 - 2022
This research aims to present a holistic framework and discuss the observations, views, and
expectations of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the field of migration that have varying
aims, working methods, and collaborations in Turkey. It specifically analyzes the past 10 years of Syrian
migration to Turkey, which began in 2011. The research design is based on a mutually reinforcing dual
method. First, between March and April 2022, we carried out desktop research to define the research
framework that would later be used while writing the report. In this period, we made an exhaustive list
of institutions and organizations working directly in the field of migration in Turkey and compiled the
reports written by these actors on the state of civil society in the country. Thanks to this preliminary
research, we were able to produce a chronological breakdown of the important landmarks in the last
decade of migration in Turkey. Subsequently, we prepared semi-structured interview questions.
In the next stage, we selected 40 NGOs from among the 52 civil society organizations that
we identified in the course of the above-mentioned desktop research and had become familiar
with thanks to relations established by the GAR-Association for Migration Research, which has been
active since 2017. We conducted online and face-to-face semi-structured interviews with a total of
44 representatives from those selected NGOs. Interviews were predominantly in Turkish, except for
five interviews conducted in English. The interviewed NGOs were diverse in terms of their origins;
while some of them originated and operated in Turkey, some others were international NGOs with
headquarters abroad and some were established by Syrians in Turkey.
The cities in which the field research would be conducted were selected from among the top
10 provinces that, based on data from the Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM),
host the largest numbers of Syrians with temporary protection status in Turkey. However, other
important characteristics of the selected cities were also taken into consideration for this research.
For instance, located near the Turkish-Syrian border, Hatay and Gaziantep were first-hand witnesses
of Syrian immigration from the very beginning. Ankara not only hosts a large refugee population but is
also the center of state bureaucracy as well as home to the headquarters of numerous NGOs working
in the field of migration, while Izmir is one of the two most important transit points from Turkey to
Europe. The criteria by which the NGOs were selected is discussed below in more detail.
Interviews were held between April and June 2022. Semi-structured interview questions
were prepared with the aim of understanding the observations, views, expectations, and policy
recommendations of NGOs operating in the field of migration from a holistic perspective. Questions
focused on both the ongoing process and the future of migration in Turkey. Following the basic principles
with which any research involving humans should comply, we obtained the informed consent of each
participant and guaranteed their confidentiality. Interviewees were given full information about the
research before, during, and after the interviews and were informed that their participation was on a
voluntary basis and their statements would be used anonymously.