A Prolonged Residency: Syrian Refugees' Crises of Integration Into Turkey

The conflict in Syria between the Asad regime and various opposition groups has, since its advent in 2011, turned into a full-scale civil war. Nearly half the population has been either internally or externally displaced, most of the latter to neighboring countries. Turkey, which is hosting the lion's share of Syrian refugees without foreign aid, can serve as an example to the world. In this effort, Turkey's ciizens are to be applauded for their hospitality towards the war victims. However, as time goes by most of the refugees show no sign of returning, thus creating problems that can only be resolved by the development of a long-term policy. The aim of this book is to investigate the level of understanding their permanence within Turkish society and to explore possible solutions for their permanent integration, For this purpose the Federal Republic of Germany was seen as an immigrant target country in which recent accelerated integration was taken as the model for the study. The applicability of its integration policy was examined for Turkey with the aim of presenting the National Integration Plan of the Federal Republic of Germany, the major dominating Germany's integration policy, as a possible model for future Turkish policy during the integration process.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

The Concepts of Migration, Immigration, Refugee, and Asylum Seeker

Integration and its definitions

Structural Integration

Cultural Integration

. Social Integration

Integration of Identification

The Concept and Types of Assimilation

Anglo-Conformity Model

The Melting Pot Theory

The Invasion of Refugees and Asylum-seekers to Turkey

Texts determining the legal status of the Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Turkey

Geneva Convention

Refugees within Turkish Legal and Administrative Arrangements (1994-2006)

CHAPTER 2 A CONCRETE EXAMPLE: HOW THE REFUGEE PROBLEM BECOMES A CRİSİS: TURKEY'S SYRİAN GUESTS

A Problem Shared with Turkey's Neighbours: The Syrian Guest

Numeric Data related to the Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Syrians living in Sheltering Centers in Turkey

Syrians Living Outside the Sheltering Centers in Turkey

Features of the Internal & External Political Situation related to the Syrian Crisis

The Status of Syrians in Turkey and the Texts Determining this Status

Foreigners, The International Protection Act (2013) and the General Directorate of Migration Administration

Temporary Protection Regulation

CHAPTER 3

AN OVERVIEW OF SYRIAN INTEGRATION IN TURKEY: THE APPLICABILITY OF THE GERMAN INTEGRATION POLICY

General Features of the Foreigners' Law in Germany

The Immigration and Integration Policies of the Federal Republic of Germany

The National Integration Plan of the Federal Republic of Germany

Predictions on the Permanence of the Syrian Immigrants

Developing a Culture of Coexistence in Turkey

Planning the Future of the Syrians

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX