Legal status of Syrians in Turkey

The concept of immigration; It maintains its importance since the beginning of human history and continues to affect societies and individuals. Especially as a result of the wars that took place in the 20th century, migrations and refugee problems were dealt with at the international level and international regulations were adopted. In this respect, Turkey, has struggled in the past with today's immigration problems and exhibit various behaviors related to immigration policy. Turkey throughout history, has also dealt with many regulations for refugees and asylum seekers. But Turkey, in both immigration policy legislation required for the process after the crisis in Syria in March 2011, he noticed that many lack. He realized that it was an inevitable necessity for him to continue making changes accordingly. Clearly, we can say that, subject to remaining almost instantaneous and mass migration, Turkey is faced with a growing problem of Syrian refugees. This study claims to deal with the legal situation of Syrian refugees in our country with the laws in force. The study is composed of three parts based on this claim. In the first part, the concepts of migration, refugees, asylum seekers and statelessness are discussed in detail. The development of migration and how migration is viewed theoretically were discussed. In addition, refugees and asylum seekers; How it will be dealt with in international organizations, international and regional agreements has been studied in detail. Refugees and asylum seekers have been explored in terms of universal legal norms such as dealing with rights and immigration issues. In the second part of the study, information about the general history of migration is presented. A study on the effect of the Republic of Turkey made important immigration cases since then the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, the decisions taken against refugees and asylum-seekers and all major rules have been revised chronologically. first time in Turkey, foreigners and held for persons in need of international protection of Foreigners and International Protection Act (yucca) has made a detailed examination. In the last part of the second chapter, the overall migration management and migration management emerging in Turkey were discussed. In the last part of the study, one of the most important events of the last century, the civil war in Syria and the impact of this civil war on our country were evaluated. After the political history of Syria and Turkey-Syria relations are examined, the "Arab Spring" is the name given to the process were discussed and massive migration flows towards our country. Apart from this, suddenly a massive legal status of the millions of Syrians who immigrated to Turkey was interpreted in a detailed manner. Finally, in view of changing the current migration policy issues facing Syrian refugees living in Turkey and their effects were analyzed by a sociological perspective.