“Population Movements In Yüksekova Province” (The Causes And Effects Of Migrations Between 1980-2013)

The migrations that started with the economic, political, and social changes after 1950 in Turkey took on a new dimension after the 1980. A lot of people has had to leave the places they lived in either as willing or forced because of the terrorism activities and Emergency Rule. The cities and proviences, which had been losing population before, had a population explotion after 1990. This high amount of population with the immigrations caused problems of housing, transportation, security, education, health services, unemployment, pollution, destruction of the farm areas, unplanned industrialization, and underground structure. The negative effects of the migration, which have been perceived as problem of big cities until now, are seen in almost every city in Turkey. The fact that the migration causing a lot of problems in Turkey leads to further ones shows the importance of the of the issue. It is aimed in this study to reveal the negative effects of the migration through the case of Yüksekova. As data and method in the study are used observation and meeting, the indispensible ways of research in Social Sciences. Also, the it is made use of the statistics. The observations in Yüksekova shows that the migration is not only a problem for big cities, but also is affecting whole country, particularly the ones after 1990. Thus, the projects aimed to solve and prevent the problems the migration creates are required to cover all parts of Turkey.