Internal migration due to terrorism: A research on emigrates from Nusaybin to Mardin

The PKK terrorist organization's moving the conflict environment from rural to urban areas posed a danger both to society and public security. People who had no life and property security, and whose living opportunities were restricted, had to migrate. Although the migration due to ditch / barricade actions eliminated the danger of life safety, it actually caused to appear many different problems.The study aims to understand and explain the lives and feelings of people who had to migrate due to ditch / barricade actions. This study, which sheds light on the lives of people who had to migrate due to ditch / barricade actions, was carried out with 380 people among those who migrated from Nusaybin to Mardin due to the events. A questionnaire consisting of 67 questions was applied to these 380 people. The interview data obtained as a result of the study were also evaluated. As a result of the study, it was found that people who had to migrate had serious problems in terms of material and moral aspects, finding housing and psychologically. It was determined that the immigrants saw the PKK terrorist organization as the responsible for the general events. It has been observed that the incidents caused great changes in people's political views, perspectives, and living standards, in short, in many areas of their lives. It was also understood that the vast majority of the immigrants wanted you to return to their old settlements when the conflict ended and the living conditions returned to normal.