Statistics

Türkiye

Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 27/02/23

Author

Independent

Overview of statistical practice

Statistics are provided by the Presidency of Migration Management (PMM) on the total number of international protection and temporary protection beneficiaries, as well as data on the registration of the latter across provinces. The number of decisions on international protection issued by PMM is not available.

 

International protection applicants: 2021

Total 29,256
Afghanistan 21,926
Iraq 4,961
Iran 1,032
Others 1,337

Source: PMM, International Protection: http://bit.ly/3aV2b0H.

 

Registered temporary protection beneficiaries: 24 March 2022

  Beneficiaries Percentage
Total number 3,754,591
Outside Temporary Accommodation Centres 3,703,718 98.6%
In Temporary Accommodation Centres 50,873 1.4%

Breakdown per fifteen main provinces:

 Province Registered Syrian refugees Total population in Province Share of total
İstanbul 540,186 15,840,900 3.41%
Hatay 432,987 1,670,712 25.92%
Şanlıurfa 429,356 2,143,020 20.04%
Gaziantep 426,261 2,130,432 21.7%
Adana 256,301 2,263,373 11.32%
Mersin 242,105 1,891,145 12.8%
Bursa 184,143 3,147,818 5.85%
İzmir 149,855 4,425,789 3.39%
Konya 123,330 2,227,017 5.42%
Kilis 107,025 145,826 73.39%
Ankara 100,659 5,747,325 1.75%
Kahramanmaraş 96,026 1,171,298 8.2%
Mardin 91,686 862,757 10.63%
Kayseri 83,331 1,434,357 5.81%
Kocaeli 56,656 2,033,441 2.79%

Source: PMM, Temporary protection: https://bit.ly/3wKyP0K.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of main changes since the previous report update
  • Introduction to the asylum context in Türkiye
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • Temporary Protection Regime
  • Content of Temporary Protection