turkISh emIgrAtION ANd ItS I mplICAtIONS 107
Table 3.2
Turkish labour migration flows by destination, 1961–2010
Host countries
1961–1974
1975 –1980
1981–1990
1991–2000
2001–2010
To t a l
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
europe
79 0 , 017
9 7. 5
13, 426
12. 8
2 , 612
0.6
20 , 212
4.4
18,975
5.7
845,252
39.5
Arab countries
2,4 41
0.3
74,181
70.6
423,208
97.7
240,469
52.5
10 7, 5 47
32 .1
847,846
39.6
Australia
5,806
0.7
2,647
2.5
2,478
0.6
1, 839
0.4
1,397
0.4
14,167
0.7
CIS countries
65,636
- 3
175,003
52.3
240,639
- 2
Others
12 , 2 35
- 5
14,792
14.1
4,875
1.1
129, 49 4
28.3
31,915
9.5
19 3 , 311
9.0
tot al
810,499
100.0
105,046
100.0
433 ,17 3
100.0
4 5 7, 6 5 0
100.0
334,837
100.0
2,141, 215
100.0
Source: Compiled by İçduygu (2006), based on various official sources in t
urkey and updated by the author in 2012
Table 3.3
Number of workers sent abroad by the Turkish Employment Office, 2000–2010
Receiving countries
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
european u
nion countries
2,264
2,685
3,912
4,299
2,783
1,710
1, 330
8,249
1, 861
1,637
1, 323
Other e
uropean countries
83
219
135
237
406
176
32
2,337
3,204
1,766
78
me
NA countries
2,507
5,156
8,057
10,189
9,774
24,798
39,823
23,263
25,257
32,546
33,993
CIS
7,14 5
8 ,019
14 ,178
16, 330
22,433
28,663
36,898
36,019
19, 543
17, 2 6 4
14, 307
Australia, Canada, u
SA
51
116
185
93
78
94
59
278
53
97
27
Israel
1, 322
3 ,917
347
422
130
417
602
254
115
541
401
Other
273
130
107
2,581
4,594
4,497
2,635
4,868
7, 619
5,628
4,718
tot al
13, 6 45
20,242
26,921
3 4,151
4 0,198
60,355
81, 379
75,268
5 7, 6 5 2
59,479
54,847
Source: t
urkish e
mployment Office, http://www.iskur.gov.tr, m
inistry of l
abour and Social Security