FOREIGN WORKERS IN ISTANBUL

350.000 immigrants are coming into Turkey per year(legal or illegal)

150.000 immigrants are using Turkey as a transit station

200.000’s are working per year.

FOREIGN WORKERS

In 2011 3.010 illegal immigrants were identified!

Last 15 years, 4.5 millions people were lost in Turkey!11!!1!!11

These workers get wage 55-60% level of domestic workers’ wage

OFFICIAL DATAS

Ukraine Georgia Russia Azerbaijan Armenia Romania Bulgaria Moldavia

THE MOST CROWDED GROUPS

TextileEntertainmentMiningHome ServicesItinerant Trade

SECTORS

Russians, Moldovans, Bulgarians, Ukranian, Romanian

AfricansCentral Asians

BAYEZID-LALELI

TextileDealer at Grand BazaarDealer at Laleli fur and leather market

Peddler

CENTRAL ASIANS

Home ServicesDealer at leather and fur market

Entertaintment

FORMER SOVIET CITIZENS

Most of them work for themsevles (like peddler)

Textile Football Players

AFRICANS

RESIDENCES

FATİH:1. Fındıkzade2. Süleymaniye3. Aksaray4. Çemberlitaş5. Topkapı6. Kumkapı 7. Yenikapı8. EminönüTARLABAŞI

RESIDENCES

Police controls ‘Russian women’ perceptionSprouting racism

BIG PROBLEMS

Harun AYANOGLU

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