TURKEY MIGRATION AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATION SURVEY TMIDPS

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TURKEYMIGRATION AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED
POPULATION SURVEY (TMIDPS)

• Prof. Dr. Sabahat TEZCAN
• HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
• INSTITUTE OF POPULATION STUDIES
• http//www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr/tgyona/tgyona.htm
  

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Main Goals of Return to Villages and
Rehabilitation Project

• To settle those who want to return to their
  villages on or around the lands of their former
  villages or on other suitable places,
• To establish the necessary social and economic
  infrastructure,
• To provide sustainable living conditions in these
  settlements,
• To re-establish and vitalize the interrupted
  rural life,
• To form a more balanced settlement design in the
  rural areas,
• To achieve a more rational allocation of public
  investments and services, and
• To support the development of central villages.

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Main Goals of TMIDPS Project

• To develop policies and measures related to
  internally displaced persons who are exposed to
  severe problems as a result of their displacement
  in order to make them productive and beneficial
  for both themselves and the country,
• To develop a model or models related to the
  rehabilitation of settlements and their
  sustainability where return to villages are
  convenient,
• To assist the preparation of plans and their
  applications in selected rural settlements,
• To find out the information on migrants previous
  place of residence, destination place, and
  characteristics and the size of internally
  displaced persons before and after the migration.

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TMIDPS includes following information

• Demographic structure and the population
  movements of the region,
• Migrant receiving places of residence,
• Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of
  the migrants,
• Socio-economic characteristics of the origin,
• Socio-economic characteristics of the
  destination,
• Causes of migration,
• Problems of migrants faced in their new
  settlements, and
• Identification of the level of satisfaction and
  expectations of those who have migrated due to
  armed conflicts and those who have returned
  regarding the use of public services.

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Scope of the TMIDPS

• 1) Geographical Area of the project
• Adiyaman, Agri, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis,
  Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hakkari, Mardin, Mus,
  Siirt, Sirnak, Tunceli, Van and the provinces
  that have received considerable migration from
  these 14 provinces.

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Scope of the TMIDPS

• 2) Target Population
• This project will collect data on
• Basic information about the persons migrated from
  these 14 provinces,
• Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of
  internally displaced persons, and
• Detailed information about people who have
  migrated from their villages or usual residences
  during the last 20 years due to armed conflicts
  and security concerns.

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Time Schedule

• December 2004.....................................
  ...............Beginning of the
  project-Preliminary Preparations
• January 2005......................................
  ..................Literature Survey-Data Analysis
• February 2005.....................................
  .................Census ands Survey Data Analysis
• March 2005........................................
  ...................Preparation Meetings
• April-May 2005....................................
  ................ Qualitative Study-Data
  Collection-Study Report
• June 2005.........................................
  ....................Quantitative Study Field
  Training
• July-August-September 2005........................
  .......Quantitative Study-Data Entry
• October-November-December 2005....................
  Quantitative Study-Data Analysis-Study Report
• January 2006......................................
  ..................Dissemination Meetings of
  Project Results
• February 2006....................................
  ..................Final Project Report

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TURKEYMIGRATION AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED
POPULATION SURVEY (TMIDPS)

• Prof. Dr. Sabahat TEZCAN
• HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY
• INSTITUTE OF POPULATION STUDIES
• http//www.hips.hacettepe.edu.tr/tgyona/tgyona.htm