Economic Consequences of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Turkey is the most affected country by the humanitarian crisis in Syria since 2011. About 8 million Syrians had to leave their homes and Turkey accepted over 3 million Syrian refugees. The Syrian refugees have social, political and economic effects. The most important economic impact of the Syrian refugees In this study, the macroeconomic impacts of Syrian refugees in Turkey were examined. The macroeconomic indicators of the 13 provinces receiving the highest number of immigrants and the 13 provinces receiving the least number of immigrants were examined between 2011-2017. The results show that while Syrian migrants have a positive effect in industry and services sector, this effect has been negative in agriculture sector