Social and cultural anaylisis of Syrian migrants: The case of Samsun

This study focuses on the situation of refugee integration in urban areas and seeks answers to how the integration of refugees into Turkish society affects social, cultural and economic aspects. The results regarding the social, cultural and economic integration of urban refugees living in the central regions of Samsun are theoretically and methodologically based on quantitative research methods. After creating a theoretical infrastructure in this direction, the variables affecting the social acceptance of refugees and the phenomena affecting the social acceptance process were analyzed on a sample of 250 people in Samsun Province. The data were obtained by the survey method. The social, cultural and economic indicators of refugee integration determined in the literature review were narrowed down for survey and interview forms, converted into question format and applied in the field. As a result of the study, it was concluded that urban refugees have ethnic and religious factors that contribute to their social and cultural integration into Turkish society; however, factors such as cheap labor, low income and female employment make economic integration difficult; Social integration was found to be insufficient in social bridges. However, since the interactive nature of integration is one of the shortcomings of urban refugee integration processes, it is expected to be one of the main reasons for successful integration of refugees in Turkey in the future.