ABSTRACT
Mass and forced migration can cause very serious crises in terms of societies and states due to many social, economic, and cultural problems it has in its nature. As a result of the internal conflicts that started in April 2011 in Syria, mass migration movement from Syria toward neighboring countries, particularly to Turkey, is a social incident, which is very unique due to its numerical size and its realization in a short period, and which has many problems that can be described as a social trauma in terms of the people of the source country and the state and society of the target country. However, it is also a fact that this troubled process has been successfully managed by Turkey. When the period before the arrival of Syrian asylum seekers to the country is compared to the period after their arrival, it is seen that there is no statistically significant difference or negative process with regards to Turkey’s current problems related to health, education, security, and unemployment.
