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