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In this paper, it was intended to identify the profile of the Syrian trade people and their key issues and expectations. Data was collected through a questionnaire containing five closeended and twelve open-ended questions. The questionnaire was implemented by face to face to 47 Syrian tradesmen visiting their workplace in Mersin during March and April 2016 via the snowball sampling technique. The date obtained from open-ended questions were subjected to content analysis. According to Syrian tradesmen, the most important issues were that the inability to get business license and high rental fees. The most important expectation of Syrian tradesmen from Turkish Republic (TR) was to get the citizenship of TR. Nearly half of them want to return when the war is over. It was a general view that they had received assistance from Turkish tradesmen in Mersin and that they were happy to live in Mersin

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