Abstract:

Internal migrations in Turkey have increased continuously since 1950. According to permanent residence data, the first three provinces that have high net in-migration are Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. Besides these provinces, Antalya, Mersin, Tekirdağ, Bursa are the important provinces that have high in-migration over the last 30 years. Despite these new provinces, Izmir has been the second province in terms of highest net migration in 1970-2000 period. Some certain regions and provinces are very important in net migration of Izmir. For example, net migrations from the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia have increased in the last 30 years. The net migration of İzmir from these regions has risen from 40% to 46% between 1970 and 2000. However; most important change in net in-migration of Izmir has occurred from Southeastern Anatolia region. The rate of net in-migration from this region has increased from 11-12% to 24% between 1970 and 2000. The purpose of this study is to analyze features of the in-migrations into the province of  Izmir between 1995 and 2000.  Keywords: Izmir, migration, internal migration, net migration, reasons of migration.

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