Sociology of a neighborhood: Seyrantepe example in the context of migration and poverty

This study was focused on the issue of migrants, migrated to Seyrantepe neighbourhood of Tuşba district of Van province from rural areas of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia provinces, particularly from districts and villages of Bitlis, Şırnak, Ağrı, Hakkari, and Van, due to security reason in 1990 and following years. How the migration process affected the migrant population, how they developed strategies to hold on to the city after migration, how they struggled with poverty arising from migration, and how they adapted to their new lifestyle, have been investigated. In this study, the differences between pre - and post-migration life of migrant population are examined, and the effects of forced migration are tried to be understood. The current study consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, the previous literature regarding the subject is referred to. The phenomenon of migration and poverty has been dealt with, and related definitions and discussions (i.e., urban poverty, spatial poverty, and urbanization) have been overemphasized. In the second chapter, the method of the study has been pointed out, applying the questionnaire technique for collecting data, and 300 households were surveyed. In the last chapter, the economic, demographic, and socio-cultural characteristics of the migrant population in Seyrantepe district of Van province, where the study was conducted, were investigated in the context of poverty, and the findings obtained from the fieldwork have been evaluated.