This document summarizes data on foreign workers in Istanbul, Turkey. It states that 350,000 immigrants enter Turkey legally and illegally each year, with 150,000 using Turkey as a transit country. 200,000 foreign workers are employed annually in Turkey, predominantly from Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Romania, and Bulgaria. These workers are concentrated in the textile, entertainment, mining, home services, and itinerant trade sectors. Large populations of foreigners reside in certain districts of Istanbul like Fatih and Tarlabaşı. The document notes some big problems foreign workers face like police controls, perceptions of "Russian women", and rising racism.

1. FOREIGN WORKERS IN
ISTANBUL

2. FOREIGN WORKERS
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.

3. OFFICIAL DATAS
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

4. THE MOST CROWDED GROUPS
Ukraine
Georgia
Russia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Romania
Bulgaria
Moldavia

5. SECTORS
Textile
Entertainment
Mining
Home Services
Itinerant Trade

6. BAYEZID-LALELI
Russians, Moldovans, Bulgarians,
Ukranian, Romanian
Africans
Central Asians

7. CENTRAL ASIANS
Textile
Dealer at Grand Bazaar
Dealer at Laleli fur and leather
market
Peddler

8. FORMER SOVIET CITIZENS
Home Services
Dealer at leather and fur market
Entertaintment

9. AFRICANS
Most of them work for themsevles (like
peddler)
Textile
Football Players

10. RESIDENCES

11. RESIDENCES
FATİH:
1. Fındıkzade
2. Süleymaniye
3. Aksaray
4. Çemberlitaş
5. Topkapı
6. Kumkapı
7. Yenikapı
8. Eminönü
TARLABAŞI

12. BIG PROBLEMS
Police controls
‘Russian women’ perception
Sprouting racism

26. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE
Harun AYANOGLU