Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Open Journal of Social Sciences, sa.3, ss.5-22, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
This research on the immigrants of Turkish origin focused on the immigrants “of Turkish Origin”
who immigrated to Turkey from Bulgaria after 1980. The research was launched in 2010 and
completed in 2012 with respect to the immigrants of Turkish origin living in the regions which
were densely settled or in which the immigrants concerned were placed mostly at the periphery of
İzmir (Görece, Menderes; Sarnıç; Yeşilova; and Atatürk Neighborhood). The subject of this study is
about the social acceptances and rejections between the immigrants of Turkish origin and the
Turkish citizens. Although the manuscript does not include the asylum seekers and refugees who
have come to Turkey from the eastern and south-eastern borders, who do or do not have a kinship
relationship with the peoples living in the country, and who are illegal and within the scope of
forced migration, the social perceptions of this matter have also been noted when appropriate.
Keywords
Immigrants of Turkish Origin, Bulgaria, Social Acceptance, Neighborhood