ABSTRACT

There have been intricacies in North Africa due to various reasons in 2010. This situation has also affected Syria. As a result, increasing violence has caused that the Syrian people to emigrate to different countries. In this process, Turkey has become a country that is the most Syrian immigrants live. As of 2017, the number of people who emigrated from Syria to Turkey can be noted that reached nearly 3.5 million. Syrian immigrants in Turkey is seen as important to society to adapt in the quickest way. Effective provision of this harmony is socialized through education. The prolongation or ineffectiveness of this process can lead to cultural incompatibility, resulting in inter-communal problems and the development of a chaotic environment. In this research, the academic, social and cultural adaptations of the Syrian immigrants have been discussed through the views of a working group in the district of Altındağ. A phenomenological approach has been adopted in the research. According to the results of the research, it is determined that the academic background of Syrian immigrants is weak. It has been determined that there are problems especially at the point of learning and speaking Turkish. It has also been observed that this situation negatively affects the process of social and cultural adaptation. As a result, despite the socialization policies about the Syrian immigrants in Turkey, it can not at the desired point about the academic, social and cultural adaptation.