RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN TURKEY AND
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TÜRKİYE’DE KIRDAN KENTE GÖÇ VE GÖÇÜN AİLE ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ
RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION IN TURKEY AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE FAMILY

Author(s): Gönül Sevinç, Müge Kantar Davran, Mehmet Reşit Sevinç
Subject(s): Family and social welfare, Rural and urban sociology, Migration Studies
Published by: Haci Mustafa Paksoy
Keywords: Migration; rural-urban migration; child labour; migration and women.;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, urban, rural and migration concepts have been primarily analysed; related concepts in the literature and provisions of these concepts have been examined. Migration movements in Turkey, especially rural-urban migration has been examined by rural and urban population change in years. It is also analysed that the reasons of rural-to-urban migration, involvement of family members in the migration decision and the changes in urban and rural as a result of the migration. Urbanization problems which arise from rural-to-urban migration, the migrating family’s difficulties, housing and employment opportunities, citizenship and future interactions have been discussed in this paper. The effects of migration on the migrating family, especially women and children to be affected by migration have been analysed in terms of the changes in their economic and social conditions. In this paper, secondary data obtained from the statistics, reports, conducted field studies, and academic studies related to domestic migration are used.

  • Issue Year: 3/2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 70-82
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Turkish