Immigration Problem in Istanbul

The in-migration problem has always been one of the more or less important debated issues in Turkey, especially after1950s. It makes wide-ranging cities more crowded and it also brings some(prenominal) problems together. These problems include sparing, social, and environmental issues. in particular Istanbul is in a great danger with the huge rate of immigration it takes. The city has not enough area for sheltering its continuous growing universe as it has not also enough resources to feed them.It is very bloodshot to enlarge as rapidly as Istanbul with immigration because it brings economic, environmental, and social problems. Istanbul is the most urbanized and crowded city of Turkey. For almost 20 years, it takes internal migration with its economic and social opportunities therefore, the city, which establishs one of the urbanized cities around the world, grows in an uncontrolled port day by day. The macrocosm of Istanbul, which was not even 1 billion in 1950, is now o ver 14 million.After a rapid industrialization, a high level of immigration is normal and unavoidable for cities and it has some advantages as providing labor force but the migration to Istanbul get over the limits. According to Istanbul Governorships data, over 62% of people who springy in Istanbul were born orthogonal of the city. Since it is common that Turkish families are crowded, most of immigrant families have more than ii children generally.This year, the prime minister of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan advised the community to make at least(prenominal) three children in order to protect the nations spring chicken population, at the time of his speech about International Womens day. The elite shed light on of Turkey may not affected by these events but the inelegant side of Turkey, and the utterer class of the cities, mostly immigrants are influenced by the people whom they chitchat as their idol. According to the high fertility factor, the indigene Istanbul population h as become a minority in their homeland (Erman 541).It causes many identity problems beside its social and economic aspect. The mass migration to Istanbul caused economic problems such as inadequate shelter and unemployment. In The kind Declaration on Human Settlements, it is underlined that deterioration of conditions of shelter and human settlements particularly in developing countries has reached crisis relation (591). As we know that Turkey is a developing country with its industrializing economy, the problems as I mentioned above are common in Turkey, especially in urbanized cities.Istanbul, the most industrialized city of Turkey, lets problems related to the excessive population concentration such as homelessness, increasing poverty, unemployment, inadequate resources, lack of staple fiber infrastructure and services (592). Migrants who come to Istanbul for its job opportunities generally belong to the low educated agrarian society. They come to this big city with the dream of creation a part of rich and modern urban. However, migrants compose the lower class of Istanbul with their lower education and economic situation.With their inadequate qualifications, they bunghole work in low wage jobs. The squatter settlements issue begins with this problem. People who cant earn enough money to buy or rent apartments they live in squatter settlements. Moreover, the some other side of Istanbul, the welfare class which neck the industry becomes richer continuously. Because of this dual economy in Istanbul as all other urbanized cities in third world countries, the difference, and consequently the tension amidst rich and poor increase continuously.The labor class, which works hard, however cannot take for their family become more aggressive day by day. The bloody 1 May (Labor Day) incidents can be explained with the rebel of this class. Crime rate. The mass migration to Istanbul and the rapid social changes occurred in the city caused the problematic issue integration of rural migrants into the urban society (Erman 541). They move into Istanbul, they become physically urbanite but since they cannot tally themselves in city life, continuing their rural traditions, they cannot become urbanite socially.They resist ever-changing or they are forced to be an alien. As they live in communes, generally in squatter settlement areas, with the group psychology, they live their own culture as a synthesis of the rural and the urban. As they cannot become an urbanite, they dont detach their relations with their rural villages and community. The concept of hemsericilik in Turkish style, it means clientalism, became one of the most important characteristics to evaluate a person. Largely, migrants compose the lower class of Istanbul with their lower education level and stinting conditions.Their economic situation and their education have a strong correlation. Since their language and qualifications are lower, they cannot find high-wage jobs to incre ase their economic level. Poverty strengthens the alienation of them. They see the luxurious houses, cars, and lifestyles on the streets or on TV and as they cant reach this lifestyle by working, they start to search the picayune way to own this shining life. The growth rate of crime in Istanbul is the result of this desire.