The role of civil society in Turkey about Syrian refugee issue

Turkey has always been on the migration route throughout its history. The Syrian crisis has caused a mass raid in the area that is accustomed to migration. However, Syrian refugees in many ways have turned out to be a different experience of migration to Turkey. The difference in the situation also many problems orginating from inexperience. This prolonged stay, which is expected to be temporary at first, has made these problems more visible and it has become inevitable to solve these problems. Non-governmental organizations, has been a close follower of the issue of Syrian refugees from the first day Syrian refugees set foot in Turkey and have tried to fill the empty space left by the initial public institutions. With the adoption of the permanence of the Syrian refugees, public institutions also started to develop policies for the Syrian refugees. At the points where these policies seem insufficient, non-governmental organizations tried to eliminate the shortcomings. This study focuses on the efforts of civil society organizations. In cases where public institutions are insufficient, non-governmental organizations have proved that problems can be solved by civil initiative without public assistance. In this study, the projects carried out by civil society organizations on Syrian refugees are revealed and it was determined that non-governmental organizations are able to asist Syrian asylum seekers in every way despite the limited number of members, volunteers and budgets. It was concluded that the cooperation of civil society organizations with public institutions and each other was not sufficient. Therefore, it has been proposed to carry out studies to improve the cooperation of non-governmental organizations with public institutions and each other.