Migration Crisis and Its Impact on the Internal Situation in Turkey

• Authors: Liszkowska Dominika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to discuss the impact of the migration crisis on the social situation in Turkey. The article consists of three parts. In the first part, the author discusses the role of Turkey in overcoming the migration crisis along with statistics concerning the number of refugees in this country. The second part presents the state’s policy towards Syrian refugees and its evolution. The third part includes an analysis of the consequences which the migration crisis and the infl ux of refugees has caused in the socio-political situation of Turkey. This part also contains an analysis of public opinion surveys on the attitude of Turks towards the refugee community.

Keywords

EN

Migration Crisis;; Turkey;; Refugees;; Syria;

• Publisher: Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 63-83

Contributors

author

Liszkowska Dominika

• Koszalin University of Technology

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33067/SE.3.2020.4