Immigration Problem in Istanbul

The immigration task has always been one of the most important debated issues in Turkey, especially after1950s. It makes big cities more crowded and it as well brings many problems together. These problems include stinting, tender, and environmental issues. Particularly Istanbul is in a great danger with the huge treasure of immigration it takes. The city has non enough area for sheltering its continuous growing population as it has not also enough resources to feed them.It is very unhealthy to enlarge as speedyly 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 becomes one of the urbanized cities around the world, grows in an uncontrolled manner twenty-four hour period by day. The population of Istanbul, which was not even 1 million in 1950, is now over 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 save the migration to Istanbul get over the limits. According to Istanbul Governorships data, over 62% of people who live in Istanbul were innate(p) outside of the city. Since it is common that Turkish families are crowded, most of immigrant families have more than two children generally.This year, the prime take care of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan advised the community to make at least three children in order to protect the commonwealths young population, at the time of his speech about International Womens day. The elite company of Turkey may not affected by these events but the agrestic side of Turkey, and the set out separate of the cities, mostly immigrants are influenced by the people whom they see as their idol. According to the high fertility factor, the indispensable Istanbul population has become a minority in thei r 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 Human Declaration on Human Settlements, it is underlined that deterioration of conditions of shelter and human settlements particularly in developing countries has reached crisis proportion (591). As we cognize 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, owns problems related to the excessive population soaking up such as homelessness, increasing poverty, unemployment, inadequate resources, lack of basic infrastructure and services (592). Migrants who come to Istanbul for its hire out opportunities generally belong to the low educated agrarian society. They come to this big city with the dream of existence a part of ga my and modern urban. However, migrants compose the lower class of Istanbul with their lower education and economic situation.With their inadequate qualifications, they skunk work in low wage jobs. The little settlements issue begins with this problem. People who cant earn enough money to buy or rent apartments they live in squatter settlements. Moreover, the other side of Istanbul, the welfare class which manage 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 between rich and poor increase continuously.The labor class, which works hard, however cannot sustain 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 th e urban society (Erman 541). They give notice into Istanbul, they become physically urbanite but since they cannot accommodate themselves in city life, continuing their rural traditions, they cannot become urbanite socially.They survive 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 terminology, 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 economical 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 increase 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 look to the short way to own this shining life. The growth rate of crime in Istanbul is the result of this desire.