ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE HATAY PROVINCE IN THE CONTEXT OF IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP - G？？MEN G？R？？？MC？L？K BA？LAMINDA SUR？YEL？ G？？MENLER？N HATAY ？L？NE OLAN EKONOM？K KATKILARI

Entrepreneurs are given different names and terms about what they are and what they do. In this sense, one of the different names given to entrepreneurs is an immigrant entrepreneur. The concept of immigrant entrepreneur associated with immigration is expressed as entrepreneurship activities carried out by all groups of immigrants in a country. More than 3.5 million refugees immigrate from Syria to Turkey together with internal disturbance which started in 2011, immigrant entrepreneurship concept in Turkey has also been due to start to be popular. One of the regions where the most intense of Syrian immigrants is the Hatay province in Turkey. In this context, firstly, the main differences between Syrian migrant entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs are discussed. Then the economic contribution of the Syrian immigrant entrepreneurs to the economy of Hatay was examined with the logit model in terms of the amount of investment made by immigrant entrepreneurs in the region and the employment they provided to the indigenous people. According to the findings, it was found that the marital status, gender, mother/father work experience and turnover of the entrepreneur embedding on the investment amount of Syrian immigrant entrepreneurs were effective. Furthermore, It was concluded that the entrepreneur's marital status, the place where he spent most of his life, being family business, cooperating with other Syrian immigrants, speaking Turkish, the total number of employment and the turnover were effective on employment that immigrant entrepreneurs have provided indigenous