Abstract:

Natural causes such as unbalanced distribution of resources, climate change, coupled with man-made causes such as armed conflict, occupation, discrimination, violation of human rights, developed technologies, the demand for a better life, have made human race to experience migration. With the contribution of international actors civil war in Syria after Arab Spring in the Middle East beginning from the early 2011 displaced Syrians internally and internationally. The mass migration of over 3.5 million Syrians distributed across every city of Turkey has affected Turkish society in many areas such as social, economical, political and security in a broader perspective. The main goal of the research is to identify the Turkish security perception caused by the Syrians who remain in Turkey over ten years, in the light of on-going discussions about their permanent or temporary status. Security perceptions are selected and measured with newly developed questionaire. In order to measure these perceptions, the “Most Similar System Design”, which is frequently used in social sciences and allows to make comparison was used. Two Cities with similar socio-economic parameters but different populations of Syrians were chosen suitable for this design. High level of security perception in total and variances were found in both cities.

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