An analysis of Turkey's migration policies and Syrian refugees from 2011 to present day: open door policies and security approach

Due to the spread of Arab Spring to Syria, the Syrian civil war started in 2011. With the start the civil war, Syrian Republic became a "failed state". Millions of Syrians, who are no longer able to meet their basic humanitarian needs and face crimes against humanity such as murder, rape and forced displacement, have flocked to the Turkish border in order to take refuge or use them as a transit country. Turkish Republic applied open border policies for these Syrian asylum seekers. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether it is possible to integrate millions of irregular migrants entering the country with the effect of the open border policy implemented, whether they will create human resources for organizations such as DAESH, PKK, PYD, YPG located in the source country and targeting Turkey, whether these refugees coming to the Republic of Turkey will create human resources and a political manoeuvring space for various intelligence organizations, whether there are any economic handicaps they will create for the Republic of Turkey, which is having economic difficulties, whether the Syrian refugees, who have caused an increase far above the expected population growth, will force the capacity of the state, whether the Syrian refugees who cannot meet their basic humanitarian needs will tend to crime, to examine the conflicts between the citizens of the Republic of Turkey and the Syrian refugees, with the effect of the economic crisis in Turkey and the anti-immigrant sentiments, and whether the risk of conflict will occur. It is aimed to examine whether there is a security problem from the "human security" perspective of the United Nations. In this study, literature review, case analysis and structured interview techniques were used. With this study, it has been tried to make a contribution to the international relations discipline and migration studies, and then to present a study that can be benefited by those who will work on this subject. Keywords: Migration, Migration Policies of Turkey, Syrian Refugee Crisi