Search

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) play an important role in the realization of harmonization activities. During the execution of these activities, some problems may occur in all processes from the determination of the needs to the meeting. For this reason, this study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the problems experienced by NGO officials working with immigrant groups during the activities they carried out for the integration process of immigrants. During the study, it was aimed to see whether the working contents and approaches of NGOs differ geographically and culturally. Two different provinces, Şanlıurfa and Istanbul, were selected geographically and culturally, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with NGO managers working with refugees in these two provinces. 9 participants were reached by snowball sampling method. In line with the interviews, four main themes emerged: experience of working with immigrants, integration activities, cultural values in immigrant work, and evaluations of the effectiveness of immigrant work. The data we obtained as a result of the research showed that the working and implementation styles of NGOs in these two cities are similar. It is thought that this result we have obtained is related to the fact that the intensity of internal migration in Turkey gradually reduces regional differences, as well as the similarity of countries and cities in the globalization process, and the fact that institutional structures gradually move away from local approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to analyze such impacts on inflation, unemployment rate, economic development, and housing demand as from 2011. For this reason, the subject of this research is defined as "The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Turkish Economy". Within this frame, "Is migration an economic and demographic solution for the ageing population and work force due to sector specific supply deficiencies?", or "Could migration be deemed as a risk due to additional burden on social savings and public finance, increase of general price levels, and increased unemployment?" have been determined as the primary problems of this paper. We researched and analyzed the number of Syrian refugees, economic growth, unemployment rate, housing demand, and overall level of prices in between 2012 - 2019 based on the quarterly data. Total statistical information, relevant to Syrian refugees, was obtained from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and rest of the data was obtained from Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). In order to make the analysis of Syrian refugees with respect to the Turkish Economy, we primarily used the parameter of time. Hence, the research was performed both for short and long terms. And we used Johansen cointegration, Granger causality, VAR (Vector Autoregressive Model), and Impulse-Response function models. Based on the results obtained, there are no negative impacts on the Turkish economy in the short term, yet negative impacts will be faced in the long term. As a result, the increase of the number of refugees is significantly affecting the unemployment rate, and it is actually creating a horizontal effect on inflation and housing demand. We finalized the research by the results of the analyses performed as well as the contribution of political designs' and key feedbacks' projections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]