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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

14. 3

175,003

52.3

240,639

11. 2

Others

12 , 2 35

1. 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

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