A Research, On The Relationship Hometown Associations,Fellow Citizenship Awareness And Urbanization

Different social and cultural characteristics of groups with urban life, under the rules continue their lives where they can be identified as the city , in rural areas of rapid population growth, agricultural land division, agricultural areas of mechanization, in the cities of job opportunities increase of urban life, social and cultural aspects become more attractive as reasons from rural areas or living standards lower in facilities with residential areas migrating the settlement of people with physical and social fabric of some of the undergoes changes and these changes at the same time in these cities many problems also brings with it.Migration in the cities problems arising among result of migration to the city from mostly any profession not belong to the people not from their cities to find jobs undermines or more low-income and poor working conditions leads to. Still further, due to rapid migration to urban slums to meet the needs of the settlement also raises problems. In addition, urban infrastructure, transportation and environmental issues, in interregional investment, urbanization rates and disparities in population density,urban migrants to the urban problems such as inability to integrate arises. theft occurring especially in metropolitan cities,increasing crimes such as mugging in the city are among the problems that arise.In Turkey, in 1950 emerged along with the process of industrialization and in parallel in agriculture rapid mechanization, still in rural land-population balance changes, unemployment, lack of income, urban advantage of opportunities such as the desire causes of migration are among the causes. Migration generally more developed than underdeveloped regions and urban regions and cities are experiencing right. Terror on the causes of migration in the 1980s, has also been added. After this date, migration, rural to urban areas but also from cities to cities started to gain weight. In addition to terrorism, the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) has triggered the migration dams. Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, such as cities, forced migrations’ with experienced, serious increase in the population of the city among others.The subject immigration activities that have started with industralization led to city constructions and some positive and negative effects in cities. Hometown associations that help people who immigrate from countryside to cities have a crucial place for immigrants. Hometown associations are effective institutions in creating citizenship awareness and citizenship solidarity.In this study, it is analyzed that if hometown associations have any effect on citizenship and urbanization. Concordantly, in thepast theoric studies, causes, effects and emerging problems of urbanization were examined by regarding the urbanization process of Turkey and afterwards, the effect of hometown associations, founded with the aim of solidarity and cooperation, on urbanization and citizenship awareness was evaluated