Sociological analysis of academic studies conducted on the integration processes of Syrian children in Turkey

Integration of Syrian children is very important. Because Syrians children will composed Syrian people profile in Turkey at the future. For this reason, in this study, the integration levels of Syrian children living in Turkey and the factors that facilitate or complicate this are examined through a case study based on the theses which include about Syrian children in Turkey. In this context, as a result of detailed searches made with various keywords, 40 theses, 32 master's, and 8 doctoral theses, which are related to the research problem and published in YÖKTEZ, were included in the content and discourse analysis unit. In the research, coding and analysis were analyzed and visualized with the MAXQDA Plus 2022 program. As a result of the study, it was seen that the level of participation of Syrian children in education is still not desirable. In access to education, it has been seen that insufficient economic resources and gender inequality constitute essential obstacles. It has been determined that Syrian children are involved in working life to contribute to the home and make sacrifices, so that female family members do not work. Social, cultural, and identity integration levels are much lower than structural integration. The majority of Syrians in Turkey are Syrian children. It is essential to develop policies to ensure language education and increase access to education in general to ensure sustainable integration of Syrian children.